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How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?

In: Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

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  • Michael Fritsch

    (Technical University of Freiberg)

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The question “Do Regions Matter for R&D?” (Kleinknecht and Poot, 1992) has a long tradition in the regional economics literature. While a number of hypotheses suggest that location has a strong impact on innovation activity, the available empirical evidence is not at all persuasive (section 2). This paper investigates differences in innovation behavior in a sample of eleven European regions (section 3). The analysis reveals a number of differences in the input and output of innovation processes (section 4). The focus of analysis is, however, on the productivity of innovation activities that can be considered a measure of the quality of a regional innovation system. Section 5 explains how estimates for the efficiency of regional innovation systems are derived from a knowledge production function and discusses the results for the sample of eleven European regions. The question whether these differences in the efficiency of innovation activity can be explained by R&D cooperation behavior is investigated in section 6. Section 7 contains some final remarks.

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  • Michael Fritsch, 2003. "How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Johannes Bröcker & Dirk Dohse & Rüdiger Soltwedel (ed.), Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition, chapter 5, pages 79-96, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-540-24760-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24760-9_5
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General

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