Konferenzbeitrag

Regional importance of Mittelstand firms and innovation performance

Despite of the deeply rooted belief of politicians from all over the world in the important role of Mittelstand firms, there has been surprisingly little empirical research on this issue, yet. This article contributes to the literature by studying whether the relative regional importance of Mittelstand firms has an effect on regional innovation performance. Using a cross section of German NUTS-3-regions, a significantly positive relation between the relative importance of owner-managed SMEs and patent applications is identified. This finding is highly robust when controlling for spatial correlations as they often occur in highly disaggregated regional analyses.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Ausschusses für Wirtschaftssysteme und Institutionenökonomik im Verein für Socialpolitik: "Marktwirtschaft im Lichte möglicher Alternativen", 27.-29. September 2015, Bayreuth

Classification
Wirtschaft
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Subject
Innovation
Mittelstand firms
Owner-management
SMEs
Germany

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Berlemann, Michael
Jahn, Vera
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Wirtschaftssysteme und Institutionenökonomik
(where)
Münster
(when)
2015

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Object type

  • Konferenzbeitrag

Associated

  • Berlemann, Michael
  • Jahn, Vera
  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Wirtschaftssysteme und Institutionenökonomik

Time of origin

  • 2015

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