effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect … Innovation System (RIS) approach. -- regional development ; regional effects of cooperative behavior ; knowledge ; related …The literature on "Innovation Systems" is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition …

topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main ques-tions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more in-novative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …

This paper concerns the regional innovation system approach. It deals with the characteristics of three regional … importance of the size and homogeneity of a regional pool of knowledge spillovers for those networks is analyzed. We find … evidence that an increasing regional knowledge base in combination with an increasing homogeneity of this knowledge base …

knowledge bases, and over time they show a considerable path dependency. -- Proximity concepts ; cooperative innovation …This work deals with the determinants of cooperative invention and innovation within innovation systems. Several … proximity dimensions are used to identify the levels on which systemic innovation activities can be observed. To disentangle the …