Modeling regional innovation in Egyptian governorates: Regional knowledge production function approach

Measuring the Quality of Regional Innovation Systems – A Knowledge Production Function Approach

Zusammenfassung............................................................................... II 1. Location and R&D activities ........................................................................1 2. Differences in the workability of regional innovation systems ......................2 3. The knowledge production function..............................................................4 4. Da...

Innovation and Space: The Concept of Regional Knowledge Production Functions

In the early stages location theory mainly concentrated on the spatial pattern of industrial activities. Although the focal point of theoretical considerations and empirical analysis has shifted towards the service sector in the meantime, the location of knowledge-based activities has not yet been explained in a satisfying way. Especially the spatial dimension of innovation processes needs furt...

The Role of Regional Knowledge for Innovation

We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public research institutions by field of research (number of employees, budget), amount of university external research funds from private firms, public departme...

Knowledge spill-overs, innovation and regional development

Regional Convergence in Knowledge-based Economy

Nowadays, the world economies are rapidly moving towards being more Knowledge-based Economy (KBE) and supporting the force of knowledge as a vital component of economic growth. This recent acceleration in the transition to Knowledge-based Economy in the world, has affected regional economic performance. In this paper, we surveyed the regional convergence in Knowledge-based Economy for selected ...