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 …

regional innovation efficiency, we propose a new measure that eases the issue of choosing between industry-specific or global … measures. We argue for the use of a robust shared-input DEA-model to estimate regions' innovation efficiency in a global manner …, while it can be disaggregated into industry-specific innovation efficiency measures. The latter is particularly useful when …

. We show that there is a high correlation of efficiency values between the estimations using these indicators; however …An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research …