the regional innovator network, promoting region-specific knowledge spillovers. Two data bases are applied. First, patent …

. Applying this method to German patent data we find evidence that regional differences in the degree of cooperative innovation …In this paper we investigate the determinants of cooperative innovation and put our main focus on the regional or … differential regional effects. The latter can be used to identify and evaluate the strength of regional innovation systems …

In an experimental setting, firms in a duopoly market engage in a patent tournamentand compete for profit … theensuing innovation race, firms interact through information spillovers resulting fromthe imperfect appropriability of research … of agents who are engaged in innovation activities. As a key element wetest to what extend relative economic performance …

the German patent office. The results show that there is an inverted u-shaped relationship between the chances of a firm …

than evaluating a single program, we estimate the impact of R&D subsidies on start-ups' employment growth and their patent …%. Furthermore, subsidized start-ups show a 2.8 times higher patent output. These estimates provide evidence for the additionality of …-offs which excels in the novelty of business ideas and patent activity. For some of these high-tech start-ups, no non …

than evaluating a single program, we estimate the impact of R&D subsidies on start-ups’ employment growth and their patent …%. Furthermore, subsidized start-ups show a 2.8 times higher patent output. These estimates provide evidence for the additionality of …-offs which excels in the novelty of business ideas and patent activity. For some of these high-tech start-ups, no non …