An Investigation of the Relation between Cooperation Intensity and the Innovative Success of German Regions;Examen des relations entre l‘intensité de la coopération et le succès innovant de régions d'Allemagne;Una investigación de la relación entre el grado de intensidad de la cooperación y el éxito innovador de las regiones alemanas

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-78

  Broekel, Tom ^a   Brenner, Thomas ^b   Buerger, Matthias ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

co inventorship; cooperation intensity; patent co application; regional cooperation; Regional innovation efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925053164     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2014.992359     Document Type: Article

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