Related variety, unrelated variety, and regional growth : the role of absorptive capacity and entrepreneurship

by Michael Fritsch, Sandra Kublina

This paper investigates the effect of related and unrelated variety on regional growth in West Germany. In particular, we analyze the role of regional absorptive capacity and new business formation for these effects. We find that West German regions benefit from both types of varieties. The positive effect of unrelated variety on growth is more pronounced in regions with higher levels of absorptive capacity in terms of R&D activities and with higher levels of new business formation. Such moderating effects cannot be found for related variety.

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Year of publication:	May 2016
Authors:	Fritsch, Michael ; Kubliņa, Sandra
Publisher:	Jena : Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Subject:	related variety \| unrelated variety \| knowledge spillovers \| regional absorptive capacity \| entrepreneurship \| regional growth \| Regionales Wachstum \| Regional growth \| Wissenstransfer \| Knowledge transfer \| Regionalentwicklung \| Regional development \| Spillover-Effekt \| Spillover effect \| Innovation \| Absorption \| Unternehmensgründung \| Business start-up

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 34 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Jena economics research papers. - Jena : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1864-7057, ZDB-ID 2388825-8. - Vol. # 2016, 009
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/162482 [Handle]
Classification:	R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; D62 - Externalities
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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