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Preamble 1: Let’s make a complex matter simple. Efficient technology transfer depends on efficient partners, i.e. good universities and good companies.

Preamble 2: Austria’s national economy is no. 3 or 4 within the European Union, the country is one of Europe’s strongest exporters, one of CEE’s biggest investors, no. 1 in e-Government etc.

I am making these statements not to show off but to investigate a striking contradiction which has been bothering me for years. When it comes to international rankings which are related to high tech, science, education and similar issues, Austria’s ranking has regularly been as bad as can be.

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