- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 1
- Measuring Regional ...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 17. September 2007
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2007-065
- Schlagwort(e)
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measurement of regional innovativeness
non-parametric performance analysis
regional innovation performance
regional innovativeness
- Zusammenfsg.
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The regional or national innovation performance has been repeatedly measured in the literature; but it has so far not been discussed what this means, especially in relation to a region. What is the contribution of a region to innovation output? The usual approaches implicitly assume that higher innovation outputs per inhabitant, employee, or R&D employee can be assigned to a region. We argue that more insights are gained if we distinguish between various mechanisms that influence the innovation activities in a region. Different analyses need to be conducted, using different variables and including different local factors. Furthermore, we see no justification for using a linear dependence of innovation activity on the number of inhabitants or employees as a benchmark for performance. We use a method that takes into account these arguments and apply it to the Electrics & Electronics industry in Germany.
- article pub. typess JER
- Review Article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- economics
- JEL-Classification for JER
- R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; R15 - Econometric and Input–Output Models; Other Models ; O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives