The number, scope and influence of regional collaborative arrangements have increased at a fascinating rate in the last decade, particularly within the array of EU regional policies and programs. The current paper thus aims to provide both scholars and practitioners with an “analytical...

The paper at hand investigates how co-patenting over distance develops when aggregating inventive activities on a regional level. That means, the object of analysis is a link between two regions in contrast to other studies, where links between two individuals or firms are investigated. We...

Agglomeration theory supports and existing findings confirm the geographical proximity of similar firms and spatial attraction of firms to universities. In addition to that, we are able to identify whether universities as one type of innovative units are attracted by firm-type innovators and the...