Interessenvermittlung unter den Bedingungen der europäischen Integration: Die Erstellung nationaler Positionen zum 5. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der EU in Österreich, die Niederlande und Schweden

Abstract: This paper focuses on the policy-finding process prior to the drawing up of selected national position papers in the context of the 5th Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration. The paper aims to explain the differences in the process of establishing national positions in Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden between 1996 and 1997. Three main factors build the framework for such an explanation: the differences in the structures of national innovationsystems, the forms of interest aggregation and transmission between state and economy (which are reflected in the national and the EU-related research and technological development policies) as well as the date of EU-accession.;