Technology and knowledge transfer for industry innovation and transformation

Abstract

Germany has a well-established network of knowledge transfer and co-creation between science and industry, which has helped ensure that German firms are at the cutting edge of technology. Yet the digital and sustainable transitions require more cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral efforts in the transitional context. This chapter begins with a recommendation on improving cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral knowledge transfer. It introduces the key actors and institutions involved in knowledge and technology transfer in the German innovation system. It proceeds with an analysis of how knowledge transfer between science and industry can support breakthrough innovation. Finally, it discusses constraints to and public policies supporting knowledge transfer in the German science, technology and innovation system.