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The long persistence of regional entrepreneurship culture: Germany 1925 - 2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2012
We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...
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Gatekeepers in regional networks of innovators
Graf, Holger - 2007
The internal density of a local network is said to increase the regionspecific knowledge-stock and might lead to a comparative advantage. However, it might also lead to a lock-in situation, if local trajectories are directed towards inferior solutions. Accordingly it is argued that successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263813
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Measuring regional innovativeness: a methodological discussion and an application to one German industry
Broekel, Tom; Brenner, Thomas - 2007
been discussed what this means, especially in relation to a region. What is the contribution of a region to innovation … be assigned to a region. We argue that more insights are gained if we distinguish between various mechanisms that … influence the innovation activities in a region. Different analyses need to be conducted, using different variables and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263819
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Demography and innovative entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2007
individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age … distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263837
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Interaction structures in local innovation systems
Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger - 2008
The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We review the literature on interaction and innovator networks with a focus on regional aspects. To illustrate the relevance of these relations, we apply social network analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263881
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Local Innovation Systems and Benchmarking
Cantner, Uwe - 2008
This paper reviews approaches used for evaluating the performance of local or regional innovation systems. This evaluation is performed by a benchmarking approach in which a frontier production function can be determined, based on a knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263882
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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
region, but the presence of laser source producers and the regional stock of laser knowledge are still highly predictive in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286468
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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007
individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age … distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864516
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Demography and Innovative Entrepreneurship
Bönte, Werner; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
individual's decision to start a business is determined by his or her age and, therefore, that a change in a region's age … distribution affects the expected number of startups in the region. Using German regional data, we estimate a count-data model and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090571
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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/10012389633