The regional or national innovation performance has been repeatedly measured in the literature; but it has so far not been discussed what this means, especially in relation to a region. What is the contribution of a region to innovation output? The usual approaches implicitly assume that higher...

Today industrial enterprises are confronted with an increasing trend to focus on their core capabilities. By outsourcing certain activities to logistics providers or suppliers a company has the possibility to create a lean organization and decrease fixed costs. As a result supply chains gain...