Determinants of the efficiency of regional innovation systems

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 905-918

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

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Max Planck Institute for Economics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Patents; Regional innovation system; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INNOVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGIONAL POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 79958158812     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802251494     Document Type: Article

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