- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 2
- Who are the brokers...
- Autor(in)
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
- Erschienen
- 24. November 2008
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2008-089
- Schlagwort(e)
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gatekeeper
innovation networks
knowledge broker
Regional systems of innovation
- Zusammenfsg.
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The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. While the former enable effective knowledge exchange between regional actors, the latter are considered to provide regional systems with knowledge diverse to their knowledge base. Our empirical analysis of 18 German regional innovation networks highlights the importance of public research organizations for inter-regional knowledge exchange. The broker and gatekeeper function of public research organizations may be particularly important in lagging regions that typically suffer from a lack of large firms who often assume the role of “gatekeepers of knowledge”.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- entrepreneurship
- JEL-Classification for JER
- D83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief ; D85 - Network Formation and Analysis: Theory ; L14 - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses