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Dynamics of collaborative invention tracking growth of cooperative and total patents in the region

Bürger, Matthias - 2011

The paper targets the relationship between growth of cooperation and later growth of innovation at the regional level. Patent data for German regions and eleven subsequent years is used to identify collaborative activity as well as the innovative output in each region. The results confirm to...

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How much of a socialist legacy? : the reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy

Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012

The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about...

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Regional Transitions from Socialism to Entrepreneurship: Russia and Germany compared

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014

We investigate the personal- and regional-level determinants of entrepreneurial activities in East Germany and Russia in the process of transition to a market-type economy. In this comparison entrepreneurship in West Germany is used as a benchmark. Whereas East Germany has experienced?after 40...

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Universitäten als regionale Förderer der Wirtschaft?

Audretsch, David B.; E., Lehmann Erik - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 11 (2004) 3, pp. 18-23

In diesem Beitrag werden mögliche Einflussfaktoren auf die Standortentscheidung von Unternehmen in der Umgebung von Universitäten aufgezeigt. Dabei wird auf Studien zurückgegriffen, die anhand der am Neuen Markt gelisteten Unternehmen durchgeführt wurden. Als wesentliche Einflussfaktoren auf...

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The apple doesnt́ fall far from the tree : location of start-ups relative to incumbents

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009

New firm location decisions, relative to incumbents may be based on a choice between two types of advantages: natural advantages or those that arise from social embeddedness, the latter of which may particularly include knowledge spillovers. We analyze the relative importance of geographically...

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How general conditions affect regional innovation systems : the case of the two Germanys

Fritsch, Michael; Graf, Holger - 2010

We compare two leading regional innovation systems (RIS) in East Germany with two RIS in West Germany of about the same size and internal settlement structure. Our analyses show that differences in the performance between the regions cannot easily be related to the structural properties of the...

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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society : the case of german convergence in self-employment

Schindele, Yvonne - 2010

data from 1992 to 2005 on 97 German regions to analyze recent convergence in self-employment rates. An astonishing catching …-up process is observed for East German regions during the period under study. However, the general convergence between East and … regions have achieved convergence with West German self-employment rates and some have not. -- Entrepreneurship ; regional …

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Regional knowledge and the emergence of an industry : laser systems production in West Germany, 1975–2005

Bünstorf, Guido; Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - 2010

We analyze the emergence and spatial evolution of the German laser systems industry. Regional knowledge in the related field of laser sources, as well as the presence of universities with physics or engineering departments, is conducive to the emergence of laser systems suppliers. The regional...

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Culture and collaboration - an underestimated power!? : the effect of regional culture on the research collaboration propensity in European regions

Söllner, Cathrin - 2021

Collaboration is an important factor for regional economic growth. Still, the literature lacks explanations why some regions collaborate more or less than expected. The present paper proposes regional culture as influencing factor, being region-specific and connected to interactive activities....

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Initial conditions and regional performance in the aftermath of disruptive shocks : the case of East Germany after socialism

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

We investigate how initial conditions that existed in East Germany at the end of the socialist regime impact regional development during the turbulent shock transition to a market economic system. Our investigation spans a period of almost 30 years. Both the self-employment rate (an indication...

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