Intermediation, reciprocity and compatibility in regional innovation systems: an interregional comparison

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This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation, reciprocity and compatibility. Based on firm data gathered for three different regions, Northern Hesse, Jena and Sophia Antipolis, we can show that a low propensity to cooperate in a RIS is related to poorly performing intermediaries and a low complementarity with the regional knowledge base. The issue of trust in cooperating tends to have no effect on the propensity to cooperate. However, it is a main determinant of failed cooperation projects.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2008,081

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
• Subject: Regional innovation systems ; reciprocity ; intermediation ; complementarity ; cooperation ; Innovation ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Region ; Reziprozität ; Vertrauen ; Forschungskooperation ; Deutschland ; Frankreich

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cantner, Uwe ; Meder, Andreas ; Wolf, Tina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31790
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