ISBN: 3790814601
TITLE: Contributions to Economics
AUTHOR: Schtzl, Revilla Diez
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Preface V
1 Technological Change and Regional Development in Europe: An Introduction 1
Ludwig Schtzl and Javier Revilla Diez
Part A: Innovation and Regional Development
2 The Spatial Pattern of Invention Activities in West Germany 1992-1994 9
Ernst Giese
3 R&D, Localised Knowledge Spillovers and Endogenous Regional Growth: Evidence from Germany 28
Eckhardt Bode
4 Spatial Structural Change: Evidence and Prospects 43
Franz-Josef Bade, Annekatrin Niebuhr and Matthias Schnert
5 Machinery and Productivity: A Comparison of East and West German Manufacturing Plants 61
Michael Fritsch and Jrn Mallok
6 The Effect of Internationalisation on the Rate of Growth of High-Tech Start-Ups: Evidence for the UK and Germany 74
Oliver Burgel, Andreas Fier, Georg Licht and Gordon Murray
7 Survival, Growth, and Interfirm Collaboration of Start-Up Companies in High Technology Industries: A Case Study of Upper Bavaria 90
Johannes Hampe and Martin Steininger
8 Are There Too Many Innovation Centres in Germany? 112
Christine Tamsy
Part B: The Network Paradigm and Regional Development
9 The Regional Impact of Innovation Networks 135
Rolf Sternberg
10 Innovation Activities and Networks in Metropolitan Systems of Innovation: Empirical Findings from Barcelona, Vienna and Stockholm 156
Javier Revilla Diez
11 Networking of Small Firms: Is the Region a Knowledge Source for Innovation? 174
Knut Koschatzky and Andrea Zenker
12 R&D Co-Operation Between Public Research Institutions: Magnitude, Motives and Spatial Dimension 199
Michael Fritsch and Christian Schwirten
13 Creative Milieus and Regional Networks: Local Strategies and Implementation in Case Studies in Bavaria 211
Jrg Maier and Frank Obermaier
14 The Biotech Region of Munich and the Spatial Organisation of its Innovation Networks 233
Jrgen Oenbrgge and Christian Zeller
15 Organisational Innovations in Different Systems of Innovation: A Comparison of Germany and UK 250
Simone Strambach
16 Environmental Management in Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison Between British and German Firms 273
Boris Braun and Reinhold Grotz
Part C: Sectoral Studies
17 Innovations and Regional Development: Human Capital and Knowledge Transfer as Driving Forces for Spatial Clustering in the Semiconductor Industries of East Germany 295
Michael Plattner
18 Correlation Between the Innovative Behaviour of Biotech Firms and Regional Development 311
Rainer Vo, Martina Brandt, Ulla Groe and Frank Hartmann
19 Locational Effects of Innovations in Information and Communications Technology on Food Retailing in Germany 324
Sven Henschel
20 Technological Change in the German Packaging Industry: Structure, Behaviour and Performance 347
Hans-Dieter Haas and Sven Siebert
21 The Changing Organisation of Production in the European Horticultural Sector and the Influence of Technology 368
Barbara Lenz
22 How Culture Determines Regional Economic Trajectories: The Changing Landscape of European Costume Jewellery Production 388
Thorsten Hlsmann, Jrgen Pohl and Norbert Rehle
List of Figures 405
List of Tables 409
Subject Index 413
List of Contributors 419
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