This paper investigates the micro-location pattern of innovative and non-innovative firms in Berlin using detailed information on the firms' addresses and their local environment. The study employs a unique, representative panel data set of Berlin-based firms from manufacturing and services...

This paper investigates the micro-location pattern of innovative and non-innovative firms in Berlin using detailed information on the firms' addresses and their local environment. The study employs a unique, representative panel data set of Berlin-based firms from manufacturing and services...

This paper investigates the micro-location pattern of innovative and non-innovative firms in Berlin using detailed information on the firms' addresses and their local environment. The study employs a unique, representative panel data set of Berlin-based firms from manufacturing and services...

Die Berliner Wirtschaft erweist sich im deutschlandweiten Vergleich als deutlich innovationsorientierter. Der Anteil der Unternehmen, die neue Produkte oder neue Verfahren eingeführt haben ("Innovatorenquote"), lag im Jahr 2011 mit 57% um 7 Prozentpunkte über dem Vergleichswert für...

Abstract: Die Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg im Nordwesten ist mit knapp 2,4 Mio. Einwohnern die kleinste unter den 11 deutschen Metropolregionen. Ihre Wirtschaftsstruktur ist durch ein Nebeneinander von traditionellen Sektoren (Nahrungsmittelindustrie, Transportgewerbe, Metallverarbeitung) und...

The impact of environmental innovations on firm performance is ambiguous. On the one hand, regulatory-driven environmental innovation may impose additional costs to firms and lower their profits. On the other hand, eco-innovators could profit from lower uncertainty in innovation due to...

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms’ ability to adapt its organizational structures. Basing our arguments on complexity theory, we use three consecutive waves of the German part of the Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find...

This paper examines how university research alliances and other cooperative links with universities contribute to startup employment growth. We argue that 'scientific absorptive capacity' at the startup is critical for reaping the benefits from university research alliances, but not necessarily...