This paper reviews approaches used for evaluating the performance of local or regional innovation systems. This … knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. In analyses on the regional level and … especially when acknowledging regional innovation systems those approaches have to take into account cooperative invention and …

the most controversial themes in the research of innovation systems, regional networks and new economic geography. While … contexts when knowledge is novel and the innovation endeavor is more radical while this effect is less pronounced for projects …

This paper reviews approaches used for evaluating the performance of local or regional innovation systems. This … knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. In analyses on the regional level and … especially when acknowledging regional innovation systems those approaches have to take into account cooperative invention and …

The literature on Innovation Systems is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition of … effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect … the regional effects on coopera- tive innovation activities. We find evidence that the related variety of knowl- edge …

The literature on "Innovation Systems" is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition … effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect … the regional effects on coopera- tive innovation activities. We find evidence that the related variety of knowl- edge …

debated topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main ques-tions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more in-novative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …

In this paper we investigate the determinants of cooperative innovation and put our main focus on the regional or … differential regional effects. The latter can be used to identify and evaluate the strength of regional innovation systems …. Applying this method to German patent data we find evidence that regional differences in the degree of cooperative innovation …

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We …

This work deals with the determinants of cooperative invention and innovation within innovation systems. Several … proximity dimensions are used to identify the levels on which systemic innovation activities can be observed. To disentangle the … cooperative invention and innovation. Applying this method to German patent data shows that there are significant differences in …

This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation …