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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 and some resulting empirical regularities....
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This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data and note some resulting empirical regularities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970480
This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. They then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data and note some resulting empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047600
Draft chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vols. 5A and 5B This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. They then discuss how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930297
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data and note some resulting empirical regularities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025313
Green product innovations offer a large number of compelling benefits to different stakeholders throughout their life cycle (raw material extraction, production, use and maintenance, end of life). However, in inert sectors such as the construction industry, the development of green products is...
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Die Fähigkeit zur Einführung neuer Produkte und Verfahren ist in einer sich rasch wandelnden globalen Wissensgesellschaft zu einem entscheidenden Faktor für den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg geworden. Die Wachstumsperspektiven von Ländern und Regionen hängen in hohem Maße von ihrer Ausstattung...
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Die Innovationskraft ist nicht nur für Nationen, sondern auch für Regionen eine elementare Voraussetzung für wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit und Wohlstand. Gemessen an der FuE-Beschäftigung im verarbeitenden Gewerbe ist die regionale Konzentration seit 1998 unverändert hoch. Mit großem...
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This paper has two goals. First, it analyzes the extent to which the innovativeness of spin-offs, either born from a research facility or from another company, is influenced by locational conditions. Second, it provides evidence on how important local cooperation links are in comparison to...
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With innovation increasingly important to economic development, innovation policy is attracting attention from politicians and policy-makers at all levels. Regional policy-makers face a distinctive challenge in that innovation takes place in international networks reaching far beyond their...
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