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Regional Importance of Mittelstand Firms and Innovation Performance
Berlemann M. and Jahn V. Regional importance of Mittelstand firms and innovation performance, Regional Studies. Despite the deeply rooted belief of politicians all over the world about the important role of Mittelstand firms, there has yet been surprisingly little empirical research on this issue. This article contributes to the literature by studying whether the relative regional importance of Mittelstand firms has an effect on regional innovation performance. Using a cross-section of German NUTS-3 regions, a significantly positive relation between the relative importance of owner-managed small and medium-sized enterprises and patent applications is identified. This finding is highly robust when controlling for spatial correlations as they often occur in highly disaggregated regional analyses.
Regional Importance of Mittelstand Firms and Innovation Performance
Berlemann M. and Jahn V. Regional importance of Mittelstand firms and innovation performance, Regional Studies. Despite the deeply rooted belief of politicians all over the world about the important role of Mittelstand firms, there has yet been surprisingly little empirical research on this issue. This article contributes to the literature by studying whether the relative regional importance of Mittelstand firms has an effect on regional innovation performance. Using a cross-section of German NUTS-3 regions, a significantly positive relation between the relative importance of owner-managed small and medium-sized enterprises and patent applications is identified. This finding is highly robust when controlling for spatial correlations as they often occur in highly disaggregated regional analyses.
Regional Importance of Mittelstand Firms and Innovation Performance
Berlemann, Michael (author) / Jahn, Vera (author)
Regional Studies ; 50 ; 1819-1833
2016-11-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Innovation , Mittelstand firms , Owner-management , Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , Germany , 创新 , 中间阶层厂商 , 业主管理 , 中小型企业(SMEs) , 德国 , Entreprises Mittelstand , Gestion en nom propre , Petites et moyennes entreprises (Pme) , Allemagne , Innovationen , Mittelständische Unternehmen , Eigentümerführung , Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMUs) , Deutschland , Innovación , Pymes , Gestión de propietarios , Pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) , Alemania , C21 , D23 , O31
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