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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263781
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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263818
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Creativity, analytical skills, personality traits, and innovation game behavior in the lab: An experiment
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2011
participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281675
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The Geography of Creative People in Germany revisited
Fritsch, Michael; Stützer, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616575
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The geography of creative people in Germany revisited
Fritsch, Michael; Stuetzer, Michael - 2012
It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291856
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Is innovation (increasingly) concentrated in large cities? An international comparison
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
innovation activities, the extent of these advantages is not very large. We conclude that popular theories over-emphasize the … importance of large cities for innovation activities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389630
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The Geography and the Effect of Creative People in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032007
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Creative Class and Regional Growth - Empirical Evidence from Eight European Countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090497
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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector
Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009
In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267108
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Innovation networks of high tech SMES: creation of knowledge but no creation of value
Winters, Rob; Stam, Erik - 2007
This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and pro-cess innovation and sales growth of high … technology SMEs. Innovation net-works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. know-ledge creation …. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263806