We analyze the emergence and spatial evolution of the German laser systems industry. Regional knowledge in the related … field of laser sources, as well as the presence of universities with physics or engineering departments, is conducive to the … emergence of laser systems suppliers. The regional presence of source producers is also positively related to entry into laser …

The relationship between innovation and firm survival is analyzed for the population of German laser source producers … from the beginning of the industry until 2005. Innovation effort is approximated by the generation of high quality patents … in laser sources technology (IPC H01S) and by having patents with university inventors. Quality patents are defined as …

We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began …, until 2005. Laser technology research has been nearly exclusively conducted in regions that are home to a university with a … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from …

basis of their triggering events. An empirical analysis of German laser spin-offs traces differences in the performance and …

observed in the U.S. laser industry. Key characteristics found in the U.S. industry are also present in Germany. There is …This paper studies 40 years of evolution in the German laser industry to test the generality of evolutionary patterns … analysis finds that, similar to the U.S. industry, laser firm spin-offs have been systematically more successful than academic …

The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable … diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical analysis of 18 German regional innovation networks highlights the importance of …

Innovationsaktivitäten in Deutschland und Europa vor. Das im Auftrag des BMBF durchgeführte Projekt hatte zur Aufgabe, einen für regionale … Regionalstruktur in Deutschland und Europa anzuwenden sowie die Bestimmungsgründe regionaler Innovationsunterschiede zu ermitteln …

The main focus of this paper is on the examination of the role and importance of innovation networks in the decision to … innovation intensity, the implications resulting from the involvement of ?start-ups? in a network of innovation are more closely … analyzed. The examinations show, on the one hand, that contact to innovation networks has a positive effect on the decision …

innovation regions, which reflect the knowledge spatial activities, is becoming relevant. The spatial econometric estimation of a … production function, which is based on endegenous growth theory and innovation economics, yields out a sigificant regression …, that innovation regions are smaller than federal states, a 22-cluster-solution would be appropriate. …