We examine the effects of urbanization and localization on four distinct types of innovation in manufacturing and … localization on different types of innovation. However, once we include firm fixed effects and distinguish between manufacturing … employment density. For the service sector, in contrast, we find adverse effects of localization on different kinds of innovation …

The geography of innovation describes the importance of proximity and location to innovative activity. As part of what … sufficiently so that the discussion can be organized around certain stylized and commonly accepted facts: • Innovation is spatially … concentrated. • Geography provides a platform to organize economic activity. • All places are not equal: urbanization, localization …

the economic effects of this decentralization policy on the level of innovation and its spatial distribution in the … during the past eight years. These measures of innovation, together with data documenting the decentralization of university …, suggesting that the decentralization has affected regional development through local innovation and increased creativity. We also …