This paper analyses the effect of knowledge spillovers from academic research on regional innovation. Spillovers are … impact of academic research on regional innovation is mediated not only by geographical proximity but also by social networks …

Contrary to the fashionable “death of distance” thesis, the socio-spatial context for innovation remains as important … this article we explore the changing socio-spatial dynamics of innovation through the medium of three arguments: (i) that … the “learning region” debate was worth having because it triggered a fruitful dialogue between innovation theorists and …

” approach to innovation in LDCs. Participation in GVC is beneficial for firms in LDCs, which are bound to source technology …

of U-I research collaborations, focussing in particular on technological complementarity among the firms participating in …

the effects of the recent global financial crisis on traditional manufacturing. We analyze the structure of innovation … ongoing innovation and diversification stimulated by prior economic crises. …

Concepts like regional innovation systems, innovative milieu, and learning regions emphasize the positive contribution … of intra-regional cooperation to firmsÕ innovation performance. Despite substantial numbers of case studies, the … German labor market regions the study shows that intra- regional cooperation intensity and regional innovation efficiency are …

The Innovation Act was introduced by the French government in 1999, with the aim of encouraging academic institutions …

Measuring the innovation performance of regions or nations has been repeatedly done in the literature. What is missing … in the literature is a discussion of what innovation performance of a region means. How do regions or nations contribute … really to the innovation output of firms? And how can this contribution be investigated in an empirically sound way? We argue …