Collaboration over distance is difficult to maintain in innovation projects which require a great deal of regional collaboration. However, patent documents reveal that a number of inventor teams are able to overcome long distances. Earlier literature started to investigate factors, which...

This study is the first approach to integrate a broad concept of regionally-oriented activities with a multi-dimensional perspective on influences on scientists' decisions between those. In doing so, it aims to advance the discussion on the role played by universities within their local...