Schimke, Antje; Teichert, Nina; Ott, Ingrid - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Karlsruhe … - 2012
This paper investigates the contribution of local knowledge endowment to employment growth in nanotechnology firms. We … that offer knowledge can stimulate employment growth in smaller and younger firms. By contrast, being embedded into … specialised regions might be counterproductive, especially for firms belonging to a particularly knowledge intensive sector and …