How sub-national conditions affect regional innovation systems: The case of the two Germanys

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-353

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Graf, Holger ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gatekeeper; Innovator networks; National innovation systems; Regional innovation systems; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INNOVATION; MACROECONOMICS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GERMANY;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 79958178417     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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