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- Title
The regional dimension of sectoral innovativeness: An empirical investigation of two specialized suppliers and two science-based industries.
- Authors
Buerger, Matthias; Cantner, Uwe
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to test the way in which geographical proximity and technological relatedness relate to an industry's innovative output. Two mechanisms are therefore tested, namely, urbanization economies and the regional exploitation of technological relatedness. A new dataset is applied, which includes German patent applications from within the period 1995 to 2006. Four industries are considered, two of which are science-based, whereas the remaining two are specialized supplier industries. While diversity is associated with high innovative output in the specialized supplier industries, the same does not hold for science-based industries. However, both kinds of industries seem to benefit from recombinant innovation.
- Subjects
TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; EXTERNALITIES; INDUSTRIES; ECONOMICS; SUPPLIERS
- Publication
Papers in Regional Science, 2011, Vol 90, Issue 2, p373
- ISSN
1056-8190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00367.x