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Fritsch, Michael; Kubliņa, Sandra - 2016

This paper investigates the effect of related and unrelated variety on regional growth in West Germany. In particular, we analyze the role of regional absorptive capacity and new business formation for these effects. We find that West German regions benefit from both types of varieties. The...

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Bohemians, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2009

An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region’s lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there...

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Dynamics of collaborative invention tracking growth of cooperative and total patents in the region

Bürger, Matthias - 2011

The paper targets the relationship between growth of cooperation and later growth of innovation at the regional level. Patent data for German regions and eleven subsequent years is used to identify collaborative activity as well as the innovative output in each region. The results confirm to...

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Entrepreneurship, growth, regional growth regimes

Fritsch, Michael; Kublina, Sandra - 2015

We distinguish four types of regional growth regimes based on the type of relationship between new business formation and economic development. The distinguishing characteristics of these regime types are analyzed in order to identify the reasons for different growth performance. Although growth...

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Penetrating the knowledge filter in "rust-beltʺ economies

Acs, Zoltán J. (contributor); … - 2008

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Persistence and change of regional new business formation in the national league table

Fritsch, Michael; Kublina, Sandra - 2016

We investigate persistence and change of the levels of regional new business formation in West Germany over a period of thirty years. Our indicator is the position of a region in the national ranking. As indicated by previous studies, we generally find a rather high level of persistence and...

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Creative destruction and regional productivity growth : evidence from the dutch manufacturing and services industries

Bosma, Niels; Stam, Erik; Schutjens, Veronique - 2009

and exit on the competitiveness of regions, measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based on a study across 40 … regions in the Netherlands over the period 1988-2002, we find that firm entry is related to productivity growth in services … find that the impact of firm dynamics on regional productivity in services is higher in regions exhibiting diverse but …

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Regional trajectories of entrepreneurship : the effect of socialism and transition

Fritsch, Michael; Kristalova, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020

We investigate how major historical shocks affect regional trajectories of economic activity. To this end, we conduct a comparative analysis of the development of entrepreneurship in East and West Germany after World War II. The introduction of an anti-entrepreneurial socialist economy in East...

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The deep historical roots of industrial culture and regional entrepreneurship : a case study of two regions

Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2022

We describe and compare the development trajectories of two German regions, South Saxony and Mecklenburg, with a special focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. South Saxony has a long history of self-employment and knowledge generation that results in a persistent culture of innovative...

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Why does the effect of new business formation differ across regions?

Fritsch, Michael (contributor); … - 2007

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