We investigate the lead-lag relationship between growth of patent applications, growth of R&D, and growth of total sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes information on four two-digit industries, namely Chemistry,...

The paper targets the relationship between growth of cooperation and later growth of innovation at the regional level. Patent data for German regions and eleven subsequent years is used to identify collaborative activity as well as the innovative output in each region. The results confirm to...

We investigate the lead-lag relationship between growth of patent applications, growth of R&D, and growth of total sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes information on four two-digit industries, namely Chemistry,...

The paper targets the relationship between growth of cooperation and later growth of innovation at the regional level. Patent data for German regions and eleven subsequent years is used to identify collaborative activity as well as the innovative output in each region. The results confirm to...

Die Technologieregion Jena ist gepr�t durch eine Vielzahl klein- und mittelst�discher Unternehmen sowie eine Reihe von Forschungseinrichtungen, die in den Bereichen Medizin-, Mess-, Steuer- und Regelungstechnik sowie Optik t�ig sind. Dabei spielt die Verbindung aller Akteure in...

Die Optimierung des Anspruchsumfangs im Rahmen der Patentanmeldung ist ausschlaggebend fr den erwarteten Patentwert, der sich aus der Patentanmeldung ergibt. In der Literatur existieren bezglich dieser Optimierung widersprchliche Aussagen, die entweder einen Verzicht auf Anspruchsumfang oder die...