The paper aims to show how policy makers can stimulate firms' cooperation with research organisations in innovation. We …

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 …

knowledge spillovers, as they serve as central actors of innovation networks and stimulate network activities. Whereas the … linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in … of respective institutions within innovation networks thereby reinforces the radicalness of inventions. However, we do …

is, however, different for regions at different efficiency levels. -- Efficiency ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents …

Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …

attention from researchers and politicians. The systems of innovation policy (SIP) approach, which is based on the SI concept …, is considered an alternative to neoclassical theory. Its goal is to provide new rationales and criteria for innovation … policy, as well as concrete implications and guidelines for policymakers, that are more appropriate for innovation processes …

Studies analyzing the importance of intra- and inter-regional cooperation for regional innovation performance are … behavior. -- regional innovation performance ; cooperation ; lock-out ; lock-in ; cooperation overload …