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Innovator networks and regional knowledge base

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  • Uwe Cantner

    (Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Economics Department)

  • Andreas Meder

    (Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Economics Department)

  • Anne ter Wal

    (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University)

Abstract

This paper concerns the regional innovation system approach. It deals with the characteristics of three regional systems, Northern Hesse, Alpes-Maritime and Jena, and focusses on each regional network of innovators. In this context the importance of the size and homogeneity of a regional pool of knowledge spillovers for those networks is analyzed. We ï¬ nd evidence that an increasing regional knowledge base in combination with an increas- ing homogeneity of this knowledge base enhances the knowledge flows and the incentives for actors to interact with each other.

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  • Uwe Cantner & Andreas Meder & Anne ter Wal, 2008. "Innovator networks and regional knowledge base," Jena Economics Research Papers 2008-042, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • Handle: RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2008-042
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    Keywords

    cooperation; innovator networks; complementarity of knowledge; interaction structure;
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    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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