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Regional effects on cooperative innovation activities and the related variety of regional knowledge bases

Cantner, Uwe; Meder, Andreas - 2009

The literature on Innovation Systems is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition of the system's borders. This paper intro- duces a methodology how to differentiate between regional and technological effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes...

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Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in "Rust Belt" Economies

Ács, Zoltán; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new generic knowledge and economically-useful knowledge. It identifies both the formation of new ventures and the absorptive capacity of incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical...

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Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in the Rust Belt

Acs, Zoltán J.; Plummer, Lawrence A.; Sutter, Ryan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

A new model of economic growth introduces the knowledge filter between new knowledge and economically useful knowledge. It identifies both new ventures and incumbent firms as the mechanisms that penetrate the knowledge filter. Recent empirical work has shown that new firms are more proficient at...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864529

The role of preferences in disagreements over scientific hypothesis: An empirical inquiry into environmental and economic decision making

Kataria, Mitesh - 2010

The Porter hypothesis suggests that environmental regulations, such as restricting firms to reduce pollution, stimulates innovations and create a win-win situation for the environment and for firms. It has received a great deal of attention from academics as well as bureaucrats who disagree...

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Shades of a socialist legacy? Innovation activity in East and West Germany 1877-2014

Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

. In this process, the poorly functioning socialist system of East Germany adopted the formal institutions and organization … of West Germany, a western-style market economy. We investigate the effect of this integration on patenting activity by …, the gap between East and West Germany widened considerably over time. This divergence in innovation activity suggests that …

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Does successful innovation require large urban areas? Germany as a counterexample

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to … such theories. We argue that a main force behind the geography of innovation in Germany is the country's federal tradition …

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What determines the efficiency of regional innovation systems?

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2007

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …

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Industry specialization, diversity and the efficiency of regional innovation systems

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2007

Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may arise from such interactions. On the one hand, a close location of actors affiliated to the same industry may stimulate innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new...

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Prior knowledge and entrepreneurial innovative success

Cantner, Uwe; Goethner, Maximilian; Meder, Andreas - 2007

This paper is concerned with the relationship between innovative success of entrepreneurs and their prior knowledge at the stage of firm formation. We distinguish between different kinds of experience an entrepreneur can possess and find evidence that the innovative success subsequent to firm...

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Measuring regional innovativeness: a methodological discussion and an application to one German industry

Broekel, Tom; Brenner, Thomas - 2007

arguments and apply it to the Electrics & Electronics industry in Germany. …

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