Innovator networks and regional knowledge base

Uwe Cantner (), Andreas Meder () and Anne L.J. Wal ()

No 2008-042, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: This paper concerns the regional innovation system approach. It deals with the characteristics of three regional systems, Northern Hesse, Alpes-Maritime and Jena, and focusses on each regional network of innovators. In this context the importance of the size and homogeneity of a regional pool of knowledge spillovers for those networks is analyzed. We ï¬ nd evidence that an increasing regional knowledge base in combination with an increas- ing homogeneity of this knowledge base enhances the knowledge flows and the incentives for actors to interact with each other.

Keywords: cooperation; innovator networks; complementarity of knowledge; interaction structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 P25 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-05-13
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-soc and nep-ure
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