This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains … in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center … differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior. …

The goal of this paper is to present a formal model of firm innovation that simultaneously analyzes innovation factors … serves here as an input measure of firm innovation. R&D intensity can be defined as a ratio of firm's R&D spending to the … an elasticity-based model of firm innovation. Further, within the model framework, it is shown how horizontal R …

We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …

product and process innovation among exporting firms and these innovations have a larger impact on productivity improvement in …

In the following paragraphs we will discuss the "mapping of innovative clusters in national innovation systems". For … Innovation Survey (which is comparable with CIS data). The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) is an initiative of the EU … innovation systems, highlight the outline conditions for innovations in Germany, focusing above all on the basis of innovations …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this … Innovation ; Product Market Performance …

enterprise innovation. The results show that Internet use can significantly promote the innovation level of China's manufacturing … Internet in promoting manufacturing export enterprises' innovation in the eastern region is more significant. Compared with the … Internet on manufacturing export enterprises' innovation has a scale threshold and varies by ownership type: it is more …