We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less efficient …

construct an endogenous growth model with spatial heterogeneity and agglomeration spillovers in innovation. Aggregate outcomes …

This paper assesses the extent to which cooperation impacts innovation performance of firms in rural regions … characterized by a solid economic performance despite a low-technology industrial structure. Particular emphasis is placed on the … firms. For policymakers, this implies that an exclusive focus on R&D-based regional innovation policies may be neither …

spatial patterns of industrial innovation in China during the 1990s. It is found that industrial innovation in China has been … innovation system in China is still fragmented …

capabilities. Finally, domestic technology markets have not been effectively linked to large and medium industrial enterprises … in China's industrial enterprises is still fragmented, with weak linkages between technology importation and assimilation …, between enterprises' internal R&D efforts and domestic technology markets, and between business and R&D activities within …

We examine the geographic co-location of university research and industrial R&D in three technology areas. While we … their ability to convert local academic research into local commercial innovation. We develop and test the hypothesis that … the presence of a large, local, R&D-intensive firm an anchor tenant enhances the regional innovation system such that …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …