In recent years, no small number of studies have emphasised the importance of "getting the policy mix right". What that term, "policy mix" relates to, however, remained less than clear, not least as a result of the absence of an appropriate database on regional policies. With the Regional...

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms develop different abilities to access and utilise external...

In summary, our study has highlighted that technology transfer systems in China may involve more channels, involve more partners, and in global terms be more dynamic than commonly assumed - at least in the case of well-developed urban innovation systems such as Beijing. With certainty, the times...

Ziel dieses Papiers ist die Entwicklung einer Regionstypologie zur Identifikation von strukturschwachen Regionen mit Blick auf einen innovationsbasierten regionalen Strukturwandel. Strukturschwach ist in diesem Zusammenhang nicht als negative Bewertung zu verstehen, sondern als Chancen- und...