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What determines the efficiency of regional innovation systems?

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … the efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less …

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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region's lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there has...

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Ready to Leave the Ivory Tower? - Academic Scientists' Appeal to Work in the Private Sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...

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Industry Specialization, Diversity and the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may … innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new ideas may be born by the exchange of heterogeneous and complementary … knowledge between actors, which belong to different industries (Jacobs' externalities). We test the impact of both MAR as well …

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Innovation Networks of High Tech SMES: Creation of Knowledge but no Creation of Value

Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

technology SMEs. Innovation net- works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation …This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and process innovation and sales growth of high …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …

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Creative Class and Regional Growth - Empirical Evidence from Eight European Countries

Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...

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Employment Growth of New Firms

Stam, Erik; Gibcus, Petra; Telussa, Jennifer; Garnsey, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper analyses the association between dynamic capabilities and new firm growth, controlling for measures of firm resources, characteristics of the entrepreneur, and aspects of the environment. The central research question is: How strong is the relationship between dynamic capabilities and...

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The role of R&D in new firm growth

Stam, Erik; Wennberg, Karl - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

of inter-firm alliances in the first post-entry years. R&D efforts enable the exploitation of external knowledge. Initial … high growth firms, which are key in innovation and entrepreneurship policies. …

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How Does Industry Specialization Affect the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems?

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

the region in generating new knowledge. The efficiency measure is constructed by relating regional R&D input and output …

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The Geography and the Effect of Creative People in Germany

Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...

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