 Research and Productivity – Manufacturing Companies in Cities Have an AdvantageHeike Belitz and Alexander Schiersch DIW Weekly Report, 2018, vol. 8, issue 46/47, 475-482 Abstract: Companies invest in research and development (R&D) to safeguard their competitive ability and increase productivity. Using extensive company data for Germany, the study shows that manufacturing companies that engage in R&D activities and that are located in a central urban agglomeration are especially productive. They additionally benefit from knowledge created by R&D activities of other companies and public research. However, the regional research systems in major urban regions are very different. These differences require tailored support by research and technology policy for the development of regional research and innovation systems on a region-by-region basis. The goal should be to reinforce the regional transfer of knowledge among companies, universities, and non-university research institutes. Regional differences must be taken into account when devising policy because uniform programs on the federal level will have different effects depending on the research region. Keywords: productivity; regions; R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:diw:diwdwr:dwr8-46-2 Access Statistics for this article DIW Weekly Report is currently edited by Tomaso Duso, Marcel Fratzscher, Peter Haan, Claudia Kemfert, Alexander Kritikos, Alexander Kriwoluzky, Stefan Liebig, Lukas Menkhoff, Karsten Neuhoff, Carsten Schröder, Katharina Wrohlich and Sabine Fiedler More articles in DIW Weekly Report from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC. |
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