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...

Christian Rammer/Christian Köhler/Hiltrud Niggemann Unternehmen und Innovation im Nordwesten Deutschlands Die Metropolregion Bremen-Oldenburg im Nordwesten im Vergleich der Verdichtungsräume B 361739 Nomos Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Einleitung ...

The creation of spinoff companies is often promoted as a desirable mechanism for transferring knowledge and technologies from research organizations to the private sector for commercialization. In the promotion process, policymakers typically treat these 'university' spinoffs like industry...

Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to...

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a large data set of German firms covering the period 2002-2007. We look at different stages of the innovation process (R&D, design, production and sales of new products, and...