Cooperation and specialization in German technology regions

Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, vol. 14, issue 5, 543-562

Abstract: In this paper we focus on the technological knowledge of a region and the pattern of cooperative behavior of the innovative actors within that region as a means of transferring this knowledge. In particular, we are concerned with the relationship between the kind and level of knowledge and/or the degree of specialization within a region, the propensity to cooperate and the kind of cooperation. Based on a theoretical discussion of research cooperation we derive appropriate hypotheses and provide an econometric analysis based on data of co-patenting. We find that technologically moderately specialized regions show the highest number of research cooperations, and the higher a regions specialization, the more cooperations take place with partners inside that region. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

Keywords: Research cooperation; Technological specialization; Local innovation systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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