The Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) and the clusters have become especially important in the economic development of policies and literature. After showing the RIS conceptual framework and the differences with the cluster framework, the paper presents the real difficulties for the RIS analysis...

This paper investigates the agglomeration of Knowledge Intensive Service (KIS) firms in urban areas. In accordance with the Regional Innovation Systems approach it is argued that cities provide crucial innovation advantages working as centripetal forces for KIS. Applying multivariate logit...

This paper investigates the agglomeration of Knowledge Intensive Service (KIS) firms in urban areas. In accordance with the Regional Innovation Systems approach it is argued that cities provide crucial innovation advantages working as centripetal forces for KIS. Applying multivariate logit...

This paper investigates the agglomeration of Knowledge Intensive Service (KIS) firms in urban areas. In accordance with the Regional Innovation Systems approach it is argued that cities provide crucial innovation advantages working as centripetal forces for KIS. Applying multivariate logit...

Die Industrieforschung findet in Ostdeutschland überwiegend in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) und gemeinnützigen externen Industrieforschungseinrichtungen statt, während sie in Westdeutschland vor allem von Großunternehmen betrieben wird. Bund und Länder unterstützen die...