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The Spatial Diffusion of a Knowledge Base-Laser Technology Research in West Germany, 1960-2005
Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from … research later, indicating the accumulation of knowledge generated in previous periods. Our results highlight the role of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511324
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090473
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Balanced Skills and the City: An Analysis of the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Skill Balance, Thickness and Innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Being a "jack-of-all-trades" increases the probability of running an entrepreneurial venture successfully; but what happens to "jack-of-few-trades" who lack sufficient skills? This paper investigates a possible compensation mechanism between balanced skills and cities, and how this compensatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884449
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Occupational Choice and Self-Employment - Are They Related?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The findings suggest that the occupational choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884450
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005007665
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Stepping Forward: Personality Traits, Choice of Profession, and the Decision to Become Self-Employed
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602468
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Knowledge, Profitability and Exit of German Car Manufacturing Firms
Krüger, Jens J.; Dreßler, Kristina - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper the profitability of German car manufacturing firms is related to different indicators for the knowledge … information about the kind of exit of the firms is exploited to construct a latent profitability variable. Knowledge is … knowledge is significantly positively related to firm profitability and that each of the three knowledge forms exerts an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105645
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964128
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001424
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090497