Innovation cooperation in East and West Germany: a study on the regional and technological impact

Uwe Cantner (), Alexander Giebler, Jutta Günther, Maria Kristalova and Andreas Meder

International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, 2018, vol. 8, issue 3/4, 242-279

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the impact of regional and technological innovation systems on innovation cooperation. We develop an indicator applicable to regions, which demonstrates the relative regional impact on innovation cooperation. Applying this method to German patent data, we find that regional differences in the degree of innovation cooperation do not only depend on the technology structure of a region but also on specific regional effects. High-tech oriented regions, whether east or west, are not automatically highly cooperative regions. East German regions have experienced a dynamic development of innovation cooperation since re-unification in 1990. Their cooperation intensity remains higher than in West German regions.

Keywords: regional innovation system; technological innovation system; innovation cooperation; Germany. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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