An investigation of the relation between cooperation and the innovative success of German regions

Tom Broekel (), Matthias Buerger () and Thomas Brenner ()

No 1011, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Concepts like regional innovation systems, innovative milieu, and learning regions emphasize the positive contribution of intra-regional cooperation to firmsÕ innovation performance. Despite substantial numbers of case studies, the quantitative empirical evidence for this claim is thin. Using data on the co-application and co- invention of patents for 270 German labor market regions the study shows that intra- regional cooperation intensity and regional innovation efficiency are associated. In contrast to the negative influence of inter-regional cooperation, medium levels of intra-regional cooperation stimulate regional innovation efficiency.

Keywords: regional innovation efficiency; cooperation intensity; collaboration; regional cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O31 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2010-10, Revised 2010-10
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