Agglomeration effects on the intensity of local knowledge spillovers from universities to high technology innovations are examined within the modified Griliches-Jaffe knowledge production function framework. Estimations are carried out at the level of US metropolitan areas. Concentration of high...

This book examines the role of venture capital institutions in financing technology-based ventures both in developed and developing countries. It also explores that part of venture capital activity which is hitherto vastly under-researched; namely the ability of venture capital institutions to...

The present policy note draws from original empirical work attempting to shed some light on the joint importance of regional innovation capacity (proxied by a novel index of regional agglomeration of knowledge intensive employment) and scientific networking (proxied by an index of interregional...

This report presents the results of "The 2008 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends". It provides new insights into company expectations about future R&D investments and their motivations for investing in research. The results are drawn from the responses received from 130 large companies...

The main purpose of this Handbook is to provide overviews and assessments of the state-of-the-art regarding research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a...

If one is to understand why some regions grow and others stagnate, there are three fundamental questions that need to be answered. First, Why and when does economic activity become concentrated in a few regions, leaving others relatively underdeveloped? Second, What role does technological...

A tudományos-technológiai tudás fejlődése a modern gazdaságok növekedésének legfontosabb tényezője. Az egyetemek mint a tudományos ismeretek bővítői és terjesztői fontos szerepet játszhatnak a gazdasági fejlődésben. Kiterjedt irodalom hangsúlyozza a helyi egyetemek...

Over the past 30 years universities have been increasingly considered as key instruments of regional economic development policy in many countries of the World. Contrary to the US where studying the entire universe of academic institutions is a real possibility thanks to the availability of...