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Ready to leave the ivory tower? Academic scientists' appeal to work in the private sector

Fritsch, Michael; Krabel, Stefan - 2009

In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...

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Regional knowledge and the emergence of an industry: Laser systems production in West Germany, 1975-2005

Bünstorf, Guido; Fritsch, Michael; Medrano, Luis F. - 2010

We analyze the emergence and spatial evolution of the German laser systems industry. Regional knowledge in the related field of laser sources, as well as the presence of universities with physics or engineering departments, is conducive to the emergence of laser systems suppliers. The regional...

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New business formation and incumbents' perception of competitive pressure

Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2016

We investigate the relationship between new business formation and the level of competitive pressure perceived by manufacturing incumbent establishments. The perceived pressure of competition is stronger the higher the level of entries in the respective industry. This relationship holds not only...

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The geography of creative people in Germany revisited

Fritsch, Michael; Stuetzer, Michael - 2012

It has been argued that creativity is an important source of regional growth. This paper investigates the geography of people in creative occupation in Germany. The population share of the creative class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places...

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Measuring the Knowledge Base of Regional Innovation Systems in Germany in terms of a Triple Helix Dynamics

Leydesdorff, Loet; Fritsch, Michael - 2005

innovation, and institutional control can be captured with a generalized Triple Helix model. We propose to use the mutual …-scher Austausch, technologische Innovation und institutionelle Kontrolle kann mit ei-nem allgemeinen Triple Helix-Model erfasst werden …

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Measuring the efficiency of regional innovation systems: an empirical assessment

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2006

We measure the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …

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Universities and innovation in space

Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2006

We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of … pure size is unimportant. Therefore, a policy that wants to promote regional innovation processes by building up …

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Do regional systems of innovation matter?

Fritsch, Michael - 2003

The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical … of these issues the concept of a regional innovation system is presented in some detail and an overview of results from … recent research on regional innovation systems is given. The paper then discusses basic policy options and names a number of …

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Does R&D-cooperation behavior differ between regions?

Fritsch, Michael - 2002

This paper investigates interregional differences in cooperative behavior of manufacturing establishments in the field of research and development (R&D). The empirical analysis for eleven European regions reveals a number of significant differences between these regions in the propensity to...

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Regional growth regimes revisited - the case of West Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004

Audretsch and Fritsch (2002) proposed two explanations for the mixed evidence regarding the relationship between new firm formation and regional development. Firstly, they found evidence for the existence of long time lags needed before the main effects of new firm formation on employment change...

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