Regional co-evolution of firm population, innovation and public research? Evidence from the West German laser industry

We explore the regional co-evolution of firm population size, private-sector patenting and public research in the empirical context of German laser research and manufacturing over more than 40 years from the emergence of the industry to the mid-2000s. Our qualitative as well as quantitative evidence is suggestive of a co-evolutionary process of mutual interdependence rather than a unidirectional effect of public research on private-sector activities.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Blankenberg, Ann-Kathrin ; Buenstorf, Guido
Publisher:	Marburg : Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography
Subject:	co-evolution \| innovation systems \| vector autoregression \| laser technology

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Series:	Papers on Economics and Evolution ; 1502
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	83479490X [GVK] hdl:10419/121299 [Handle]
Classification:	B52 - Institutional; Evolutionary ; O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	EconStor

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