How does industry specialization affect the efficiency of regional innovation systems?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-108

  Fritsch, Michael ^a,b,c   Slavtchev, Viktor ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77954083775     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0292-9     Document Type: Article

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