„innovation“, „cluster“ and „medical device industry“. In chapter 2 the German medical device industry is examined on its … different innovation indicators. Chapter 3 uses Michael Porter`s enhanced economic cluster model as the framework for a …The thesis deals with processes of economic innovation in the German medical device industry. Michael Porter …

Education and Research. The InnoRegio program has been a new tool of innovation policy with the aim to improve innovativeness in … East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional networks. Besides the direct support of networks and innovation activities … development of networks or cluster was successful, this paper focuses on the investigation of regional economic development. Using …

This article investigates the catalyst effect of industrial cluster formation on innovation propensity using as a basis …

We study the effects of a German national cluster policy on the structure of collaboration networks. The empirical … analysis is based on original data that was collected in fall 2011 and late summer 2013 with cluster actors (firms and public … initiating new cooperation between cluster actors and in intensifying existing linkages. Newly formed linkages are to a …