This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in … the financial system. Estimation results show that the financial depth of a region has a significantly positive effect on … regional innovation (patenting) performance. This positive effect is found to be higher for minor innovations such as external …

engaged. These findings contribute to the current debate in the geography of innovation and economics of knowledge literature. …

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …. 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 …

Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may … innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new ideas may be born by the exchange of heterogeneous and complementary …

This study analyzes the relationship between the specialization of a region in certain industries and the efficiency of … the region in generating new knowledge. The efficiency measure is constructed by relating regional R&D input and output …

innovation-relevant human capital or age-specific motivation to lead creative ideas to successful inventions. Departing from …

innovation-relevant human capital or age-specific motivation to lead creative ideas to successful inventions. Departing from … age effect. -- knowledge production function ; regional innovation analysis ; human capital ; aging ; demographic change …