Universities and innovation in space

Arbeitspapier

We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of universities is tested on the level of German NUTS-3 regions (Kreise) by using a variety of indicators. We find that the intensity and quality of the research conducted by the universities have a significant effect on regional innovative output while pure size is unimportant. Therefore, a policy that wants to promote regional innovation processes by building up universities should place substantial emphasis on the intensity and quality of the research conducted there.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Freiberger Arbeitspapiere ; No. 2006/15

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
• Subject: Universities ; innovation ; knowledge ; spillovers ; patents ; regional Analysis ; Hochschule ; Wissenstransfer ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Regionalökonomik ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fritsch, Michael ; Slavtchev, Viktor
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• (where): Freiberg
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/27110