Regional Effects on Cooperative Innovation Activities and the Related Variety of Regional Knowledge Bases

Uwe Cantner () and Andreas Meder ()

No 2009-064, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: The literature on "Innovation Systems" is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition of the system's borders. This paper intro- duces a methodology how to differentiate between regional and technological effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect the regional effects on coopera- tive innovation activities. We find evidence that the related variety of knowl- edge available within a region and its combination with a proxy of the amount of knowledge foster regional effects of cooperative innovation activities. Addi- tionally, we find that the development of German regions fits with the sugges- tions of the Regional Innovation System (RIS) approach.

Keywords: regional development; regional effects of cooperative behavior; knowledge; related variety of knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 L14 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-08-06
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