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The bioregio-contest initiated by the German federal government: A new approach to technological policy and its regional consequences

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There has been a remarkable change in German technological policy during the last years.The first thing to mention is that technological policy in Germany takes a broader view now, focussing not only on knowledge creation (i.e. the invention process per se) but also on knowledge diffusion and faster commercialization. The second noteworthy change is the growing importance of regions as reference units for technogical policy initiatives. The most prominent example is the BioRegio-contest initiated by the Federal Research Ministry in which 17 German regions compete for a given amount of public funding. In the current paper it will be shown that the spatial implications of biotechnology are quite different from those of other technologies. Building on the results of this analysis we investigate the spatial consequences of the BioRegio-contest and discuss possible trade offs between technological policies and regional development policies. Key words: regional innovation policy, biotechnology, competition between regions JEL-classification: O31, O33, R11

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  • Dirk Dohse, 1998. "The bioregio-contest initiated by the German federal government: A new approach to technological policy and its regional consequences," ERSA conference papers ersa98p153, European Regional Science Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa98p153
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    regional innovation policy; biotechnology; competition between regions jel-classification: o31; o33; r11;
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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
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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