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Policy induced innovation networks : the case of the German "Leading-Edge Cluster competition"
Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger; Hinzmann, Susanne - 2013
The last decades saw a pronounced shift in innovation policy in Germany and many other countries towards increased …. -- Cluster ; Innovation Policy ; Evaluation ; Social Network Analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702927
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The role of geographical proximity for project performance : evidence from the German "Leading-Edge Cluster Competition"
Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger; Hinzmann, Susanne - 2015
the most controversial themes in the research of innovation systems, regional networks and new economic geography. While … contexts when knowledge is novel and the innovation endeavor is more radical while this effect is less pronounced for projects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446102
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Actor fluidity and knowledge persistence in regional inventor networks
Fritsch, Michael; Zöllner, Moritz - 2018
knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904394
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Social capital, innovation and growth : evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656921
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The transatlantic productivity gap : is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US can be explained not only by a lower level of corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235193
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Innovation and employment in patenting firms : empirical evidence from Europe
Van Roy, Vincent; Vertesy, Daniel; Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288522
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European innovation dynamics and US economic impact : theory and empirical analysis
Welfens, Paul J. J.; Irawan, Tony - 2014
can offer a broad analysis of product innovation dynamics in Europe which should be the basis for not only better supply … communication in relation to product innovation dynamics. Moreover, the approach provides new important arguments in favor of the … TTIP negotiations between the US and the EU and it suggests a broader analytical link between trade, FDI, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409773
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Beyond EU-US trade dynamics : TTIP effects related to foreign direct investment and innovation
Jungmittag, Andre; Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2017
trade induced real income gains while the FDI related and innovation induced benefits have been largely neglected, although … knowledge production function has to be considered in order to analyze FDI and innovation dynamics - and this can then be linked …. Time series data analysis for Germany indicates additionally that FDI induced higher innovation dynamics will raise output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716195
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Creativity over time and space
Serafinelli, Michel; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2019
Creativity is often highly concentrated in time and space, and across different domains. What explains the formation and decay of clusters of creativity? In this paper we match data on thousands of notable individuals born in Europe between the XIth and the XIXth century with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119562
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Sinking or swimming in the cluster labor pool? : a firm-specific analysis of the effect of specialized labour
Grashof, Nils - 2020
Human resources are a key factor for firm success, particularly nowadays when most industrial economies face an increasing shortage of qualified labour. With their pooled labour markets, regional clusters have been shown to be a preferable location for firms in order to satisfy their demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200285