positive or negative. On the basis of data at the district level in Germany the conclusions of a previous study about the … einer früheren, für die Niederlande durchgeführten Studie auch auf Deutschland zutreffen. Wie in den Niederlanden erweist … sich auch in Deutschland die medium-tech Industrie als wesentliche Triebkraft der regionalen Wissensbasis während die …

We measure the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …. This function relates private sector Research and Development (R&D) in a region to the number of inventions that have been … registered by residents of that region. Two approaches are followed. First, it is assumed that differences in the productivity of …

portfolio firm. Our analysis is based on information about VC investments in Germany between 2004 and 2009. We find that …