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Mapping potentials for input–output-based innovation flows in industrial clusters – an application to Germany

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  • Matthias Brachert
  • Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch
  • Mirko Titze

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Our paper pursues two aims: first, it presents an approach based on input–output innovation flow matrices to study intersectoral innovation flows within industrial clusters. Second, we apply this approach to the identification of structural weaknesses in East Germany relative to the western part of the country. The case of East Germany forms an interesting subject because while its convergence process after unification began promisingly in the first half of the 1990s, convergence has since slowed down. The existing gap can now be traced mainly to structural weaknesses in the East German economy, such as the absence of strong industrial cluster structures. With this in mind, we investigate whether East Germany does in fact reveal the abovementioned structural weaknesses. Does East Germany possess fewer industrial clusters? Are they less connected? Does East Germany lack specific clusters that are also important for the non-clustered part of the economy?

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  • Matthias Brachert & Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch & Mirko Titze, 2016. "Mapping potentials for input–output-based innovation flows in industrial clusters – an application to Germany," Economic Systems Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 450-466, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecsysr:v:28:y:2016:i:4:p:450-466
    DOI: 10.1080/09535314.2016.1244517
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    1. Yang, Rui & Che, Tong & Lai, Fujun, 2021. "The Impacts of production linkages on cross-regional collaborative innovations: The role of inter-regional network capital✰," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).

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