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Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs: The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry
Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005
only for academic founders inside as well as outside the region. In contrast, the start-up activity of non …-academic founders coming from inside or outside the region cannot be explained with knowledge intensity of the region. Our empirical …
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Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Binz, Hanna L. - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of linking firm performance indicators to regional characteristics with survey evidence on the perceived importance of locational factors. While the former approach assumes that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297993
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Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?
Binz, Hanna L.; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success in firms. We complement the common practice of linking firm performance indicators to regional characteristics with survey evidence on the perceived importance of locational factors. While the former approach assumes that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298674
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The regional embeddedness of small manufacturing and service firms: regional networking as knowledge source for innovation?
Koschatzky, Knut; Zenker, Andrea - 1999
which make a more frequent use of knowledge and information sources from outside the region. …
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Does R&D-cooperation behavior differ between regions?
Fritsch, Michael - 2002
This paper investigates interregional differences in cooperative behavior of manufacturing establishments in the field of research and development (R&D). The empirical analysis for eleven European regions reveals a number of significant differences between these regions in the propensity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305672
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How and why does the efficiency of regional innovation systems differ?
Fritsch, Michael - 2002
Literature suggests that location should matter for R&D activities. However, attempts to empirically detect differences in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains comparable information about manufacturing enterprises in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305685
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Saxony's capital Dresden: On the way to become Eastern Germany's first Innovative Milieu?
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner - 2000
In this paper, the chances of Saxony's capital city Dresden to become Eastern Germany's first high-tech-region is … discussed. A presentation of the theoretical background of innovative milieux is followed by an overview of the region …-tech enterprises in the Dresden area is analyzed. The paper concludes giving a view of the region's further development potential. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305798
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Who are the brokers of knowledge in regional systems of innovation? A multi-actor network analysis
Kauffeld-Monz, Martina; Fritsch, Michael - 2008
The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable effective knowledge exchange between regional actors, the latter are considered to provide regional systems with knowledge diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330091
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What determines the efficiency of regional innovation systems?
Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2007
. This function relates private sector research and development (R&D) activity in a region to the number of inventions that … have been registered by residents of that region. Different measures and estimation approaches lead to rather similar … institutions have a positive effect on the efficiency of private sector R&D in the respective region. It is not the mere presence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263783
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Industry specialization, diversity and the efficiency of regional innovation systems
Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2007
Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may arise from such interactions. On the one hand, a close location of actors affiliated to the same industry may stimulate innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263793