This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic … development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be …

-term orientation and the local embeddedness of family firms suggest a positive effect on regional innovation activity. Yet, despite the … effect of family firms on regional innovation. Using a dataset of 326 German regions, our regressions show that regions with … a higher share of family firms also show higher levels of innovation activity, as measured by the number of successful …