The Role of Regional Knowledge Sources for Innovation – An Empirical Assessment
Michael Fritsch, Viktor Slavtchev
Freiberg Working Papers, Nr. 15-2005,
No. 15,
2005
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We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public research institutions by field of research (budget), amount of university external research funds from private firms, public departments, German Science Foundation (DFG), and from other sources. The contribution of these knowledge sources is tested systematically on the level of German districts (Kreise) by including the respective information for the particular region and for adjacent regions. One main finding is that the quality of the university research makes some contribution to regional innovation while the mere size of the universities is unimportant. Differences in the effect on innovative output can be found according to academic disciplines and type of university.
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Effectiveness of Innovation Policies Biotechnology in Germany (1994-2001)
Iciar Dominguez Lacasa, Thomas Reiss
Efficiency of innovation policies in high technology sectors in Europe,
2004
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Effectiveness of Innovation Policies Biotechnology in Finland (1994-2001)
Iciar Dominguez Lacasa, Thomas Reiss
Efficiency of innovation policies in high technology sectors in Europe,
2004
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Technology spillovers from external investors in East Germany: no overall effects in favor of domestic firms
Harald Lehmann, Jutta Günther
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 198,
2004
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The study deals with the question whether external (foreign and West German) investors in East Germany induce technological spillover effects in favor of domestic firms. It ties in with a number of other econometric spillover studies, especially for transition economies, which show rather mixed and inconclusive results so far. Different from existing spillover analyses, this study allows for a much deeper regional breakdown up to Raumordnungsregionen and uses a branch classification that explicitly considers intermediate and investment good linkages. The regression results show no positive correlation between the presence of external investors and domestic firms’ productivity, no matter which regional breakdown is looked at (East Germany as a whole, federal states, or Raumordnungsregionen). Technology spillovers which may exist in particular cases are obviously not strong enough to increase the domestic firms’ overall productivity.
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02.11.2004 • 37/2004
Innovative Kompetenzfelder, Produktionsnetzwerke und Branchenschwerpunkte der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft
Das Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Halle (IWH) hat eine empirische Untersuchung über die Branchenschwerpunkte, Produktionsnetzwerke und innovativen Kompetenzfelder in Ostdeutschland durchgeführt. „Diese Studie bringt mehr Transparenz in die wirtschaftlichen Strukturen der neuen Länder und zeigt, was in den letzten Jahren entstanden ist.“, hob Manfred Stolpe, der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für die neuen Länder, hervor. Die Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr-, Bau- und Wohnungswesen erstellt.
Peter Franz
K. Schroeder
Growth in biotechnology industry has come to a halt - is the industry still the great white hope?
Walter Komar
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 11,
2004
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With the modern biotechnology a new industry has appeared worldwide. In Germany, the boom of the foundation of new companies started about 1996/1997. Meanwhile the growth of the biotechnology sector has come to a hold. The biotechnology industry experiences a phase of the consolidation. This paper shows that due to consolidation a core of successful companies will develop, which continue to grow and can support the development of the new industry. Also economically less advanced regions have a chance in the modern biotechnology.
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Innovative Milieus in ostdeutschen Stadtregionen: "sticky places" der kreativen Klasse?
Peter Franz
Stadtregion und Wissen. Analysen und Plädoyers für eine wissensbasierte Stadtpolitik,
2004
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Innovation cooperation: experiences from East and West Germany
Jutta Günther
Science and Public Policy,
2004
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This paper deals with innovation cooperation as a means to support the ongoing catch-up process of the East German economy. Against prevalent beliefs, it can be shown that East German enterprises are more often involved in innovation co-operation than West German firms, and differences in cooperation partner priorities only reflect the given structural differences between the two regions. While cooperating enterprises in East and West Germany are clearly more innovative than their non-cooperating counterparts, a productivity advantage of these firms is (so far) only observable in West Germany. Reasons for this surprising finding are discussed.
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Technological capability of foreign and West German investors in East Germany
Jutta Günther
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 189,
2004
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role for countries or regions in the process of economic catching-up since it is assumed – among other things – that FDI brings in new production technology and knowledge. This paper gives an overview about the development of FDI in East Germany based on official data provided by the Federal Bank of Germany. The investigation also includes a comparison of FDI in East Germany to Central East European countries. But the main focus of the paper is an analysis of the technological capability comparing majority foreign and West German owned firms to majority East German owned firms. It shows that foreign and West German subsidiaries in East Germany are indeed characterized by superior technological capability with respect to all indicators looked at (product innovation, research & development, organizational changes etc.).
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The national German innovation system. Its development in different governmental and territorial structures
Hariolf Grupp, Iciar Dominguez Lacasa, Monika Friedrich-Nishio
The international handbook on innovation,
2003
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