Geographic concentration of innovative activities in Germany

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-182

  Fornahl, Dirk ^a   Brenner, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentration indices; Innovation; Spatial concentration; Technology

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INNOVATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67650386118     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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