TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation cooperation in East and West Germany
T2 - A study on the regional and technological impact
AU - Cantner, Uwe
AU - Giebler, Alexander
AU - Günther, Jutta
AU - Kristalova, Maria
AU - Meder, Andreas
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, we investigate the impact of regional and technological innovation systems on innovation cooperation. We develop an indicator applicable to regions, which demonstrates the relative regional impact on innovation cooperation. Applying this method to German patent data, we find that regional differences in the degree of innovation cooperation do not only depend on the technology structure of a region but also on specific regional effects. High-tech oriented regions, whether east or west, are not automatically highly cooperative regions. East German regions have experienced a dynamic development of innovation cooperation since re-unification in 1990. Their cooperation intensity remains higher than in West German regions.
AB - In this paper, we investigate the impact of regional and technological innovation systems on innovation cooperation. We develop an indicator applicable to regions, which demonstrates the relative regional impact on innovation cooperation. Applying this method to German patent data, we find that regional differences in the degree of innovation cooperation do not only depend on the technology structure of a region but also on specific regional effects. High-tech oriented regions, whether east or west, are not automatically highly cooperative regions. East German regions have experienced a dynamic development of innovation cooperation since re-unification in 1990. Their cooperation intensity remains higher than in West German regions.
U2 - 10.1504/IJCEE.2018.096360
DO - 10.1504/IJCEE.2018.096360
M3 - Article
SN - 1757-1189
VL - 8
SP - 242
EP - 279
JO - International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics
JF - International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics
IS - 3/4
ER -