observed from 1985 to 2013, in 13 German regions. We find that the initiative increases network size and innovation activities … example of the BioRegio contest, we explore cluster policy effects on local patent co-application and co-invention networks … during the funding period but not afterwards. The impact of the BioRegio contest on network cohesion is moderate. In contrast …

framework is rarely related to investigations of regional knowledge network structures, because in RIS literature relational … structures and interaction networks are discussed in a rather fuzzy and generic manner with the ‘network term’ often being used … knowledge exchange relations in the RIS literature from the perspective of social network analysis. More precise, it links …

Education and Research. The InnoRegio program has been a new tool of innovation policy with the aim to improve innovativeness in … East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional networks. Besides the direct support of networks and innovation activities …