The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical … of these issues the concept of a regional innovation system is presented in some detail and an overview of results from … recent research on regional innovation systems is given. The paper then discusses basic policy options and names a number of …

is, however, different for regions at different efficiency levels. -- Efficiency ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents …

We measure the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … spatial autocorrelation. -- Knowledge ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents ; regional analysis …

the U.S. National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award program. Based on this …

an evidence base for innovation-policy strategies. We aim to answer the question which level of government (local …, regional, national) might be most effective for strategic innovation policy-making based on smart specialization in Germany …" innovation system. More than two-thirds of innovation-system synergy is generated at the lower levels of districts (NUTS3) and …

pathdependent so that changes are relatively small. The main factors determining the level of regional start-ups are innovation and …, unemployment plays a role. Steering innovation and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere could be an appropriate starting point … sind Innovation und Unternehmertum. Diese Faktoren spielen auch für Veränderungen der regionalen Gründungsaktivitäten eine …

Systemic innovation theory emphasizes that innovations are the result of an interdependent exchange process between … different organizations. This is reflected in the current paradigm in European innovation policy, which aims at the support of … collaborative R&D and innovation projects bringing together science and industry. Building on a large data set using project …