Abstract
Many case studies highlight a positive relationship between regions' innovation performance and the intensity of collaboration among regional organizations. However, few efforts have been made to analyze this relation with quantitative approaches. In addition to a theoretical discussion, the paper presents an empirical investigation on this issue utilizing conditional efficiency analysis and patent co-application data for the Electrics & Electronics industry in 270 German labor market regions. The results show that the relationship between regions' innovation performance and the intensities of regional as well as inter-regional collaboration take the form of an inverted-U shape. Regions with average regional and inter-regional collaboration intensities are found to outperform those characterized by extremely low, high or unbalanced collaboration behavior.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-179 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Industry and Innovation |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- collaboration intensity
- conditional efficiency analysis
- patent co-application
- Regional innovation efficiency