Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models

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Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Editorial Introduction: Space in Action: Action in Space; 1.1 Prologue; 1.2 Knowledge and Innovation in Space; 1.3 Human Capital and Regional Growth; 1.4 Spatial Systems and Economic Development; 1.5 Regional Growth and Innovation in Perspective; Part I: Knowledge and Innovation in Space; Chapter 2: Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship Across Regions: Does Being a New Industry Make a Difference?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Regional Determinants of KIBS Location and Start-Up Activity; 2.3 Empirical Strategy; 2.4 Results

2.4.1 Descriptive Statistics2.4.2 Regression Analysis; 2.5 Concluding Remarks: What Can Be Learned?; Appendix; References; Chapter 3: The Spatial-Institutional Architecture of Innovative Behaviour; 3.1 Conceptual Framework; 3.1.1 The Trajectories of Technological Development; 3.1.2 Networking, the Strategic Choices of Firms and the Spatial Impacts; 3.2 Measurement of Institutions´ Innovative Behaviour at a Regional Scale; 3.2.1 Technological Regimes; 3.2.2 A Meso-Economic Model to Evaluate the Structures of Innovation; 3.3 Application of the Firms´ Innovative Behaviour Model; 3.3.1 Database

3.3.2 The Research Methods3.3.2.1 The BIPLOT Analyses; 3.3.2.2 Spatial Connectivity Results; 3.3.2.3 General Findings; 3.4 Conclusion; References; Websites; Chapter 4: The Determinants of FDI Choices: The Importance of Investment Climate and Clustering; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Theoretical Background and Related Literature; 4.3 Estimation Framework; 4.3.1 Econometric Model; 4.3.2 Sources of Data and Specification of Variables; 4.4 Results and Discussion; 4.4.1 Count Models; 4.4.2 Conditional Logit Model; 4.5 Endogeneity Issues and Robustness Exercises; 4.5.1 Sector-Wise Results

4.5.2 Region-Wise Results4.5.3 BEA Results; 4.6 Conclusion; Appendix: Industry Concordances; References; Chapter 5: External Effects of Metropolitan Innovation on Firm Survival: Non-Parametric Evidence from Computer and Electronic ProductManufacturing and Healthcare Services; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Why Is Space Important?; 5.3 Firm Survival: The Role of Knowledge and Space; 5.4 Logical Models and Estimation Approach; 5.5 Industries and Establishments; 5.6 Independent Variables and Control Group; 5.6.1 Innovation; 5.6.2 `Creative Destruction´; 5.6.3 Business Density and Population Density

5.7 Equality of Survival Functions Test5.8 Smoothed Hazard Estimates; 5.8.1 Smoothed Hazard Estimates Controlling for `Creative Destruction´; 5.8.2 Smoothed Hazard Estimates Controlling for Business Density; 5.8.3 Smoothed Hazard Estimates Controlling for Population Density; 5.9 Conclusions; References; Part II: Human Capital and Regional Growth; Chapter 6: The Shift-Share Regression: An Application to Regional Employment Development in Bavaria; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Method; 6.3 Analysis of Regional Disparities in Employment Growth in Bavaria

6.3.1 On the Influence of Various Determinants on Employment Development

10.1007/978-3-642-37819-5 [DOI]

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