Concepts like regional innovation systems, innovative milieu, and learning regions emphasize the positive contribution of intra-regional cooperation to firmsÕ innovation performance. Despite substantial numbers of case studies, the quantitative empirical evidence for this claim is thin. Using...

B<sc>uerger</sc> M., B<sc>roekel</sc> T. and C<sc>oad</sc> A. Regional dynamics of innovation: investigating the co-evolution of patents, research and development (R&D), and employment, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper investigates the lead--lag relationships between the growth rates of patents, research and development...

We investigate the lead-lag relationship between growth of patent applications, growth of R&D, and growth of total sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes information on four two-digit industries, namely Chemistry,...