Wassmann, Pia; Schiller, Daniel; Thomsen, Stephan - European Regional Science Association - 2014
There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic … of R&D as an instrument to foster the regional innovation performance. However, the relation between regional R&D and … regional innovation. Thus, empirical evidence shows that some regions perform well in economic terms, irrespective of their …