How and why does the efficiency of regional innovation systems differ?

Michael Fritsch

Literature suggests that location should matter for R&D activities. However, attempts to empirically detect differences in innovation activity between regions have so far been rather unsuccessful. Using a unique data set which contains comparable information about manufacturing enterprises in eleven European regions, a number of significant regional differences in the efficiency of innovation activities can be found. This variation is in correspondence with a center-periphery pattern indicating that agglomeration economies are conducive to R&D activities. The paper investigates whether the differences in efficiency of regional innovation systems can be explained by differences in R&D-cooperation behavior.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Fritsch, Michael
Publisher:	Freiberg : Techn. Univ., Fac. of Economics and Business Administraion
Subject:	R&D productivity \| R&D cooperation \| regional innovation systems \| knowledge production function \| Innovation \| FuE Produktivität \| FuE Kooperation \| Regionale Innovationssysteme \| Wissensproduktionsfunktion \| Industrieforschung \| Industrial research \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Region \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Agglomeration effect \| Forschungskooperation \| Research collaboration \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Europa \| Europe \| Forschung und Entwicklung \| Kooperation \| Regionale Disparität