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 …

, but we do not find evidence for the reverse effect. When additionally looking at innovation performance, R&D activities …

is, however, different for regions at different efficiency levels. -- Efficiency ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents …