Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31790 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2008,081
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation, reciprocity and compatibility. Based on firm data gathered for three different regions, Northern Hesse, Jena and Sophia Antipolis, we can show that a low propensity to cooperate in a RIS is related to poorly performing intermediaries and a low complementarity with the regional knowledge base. The issue of trust in cooperating tends to have no effect on the propensity to cooperate. However, it is a main determinant of failed cooperation projects.
Subjects: 
Regional innovation systems
reciprocity
intermediation
complementarity
cooperation
JEL: 
D81
O18
P25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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