New Forms of Governance in Research Organizations - Disciplinary Approaches, Interfaces and Integration (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007)

This book undertakes to develop a sector specific theory of governance of the public research sector and applies it to the German research system. The book is the outcome of a large interdisciplinary project. It analyzes the reforms in the German research system from an integrated perspective of law, economics and social sciences. The case of Germany is compared to reforms in other European countries such as Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.