Innovation and the Growth of CitiesZoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at regional level and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow and others decline. |
Contents
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Knowledge innovation and firm size | 24 |
Local geographic spillovers | 44 |
Sectoral characteristics | 63 |
Innovation of entrepreneurial firms | 74 |
Capital structure innovation and firm size | 98 |
Employment growth in metropolitan areas | 115 |
Employment wages and RD spillovers | 135 |
Epilogue towards a new model of regional economic development? | 192 |
The innovation database | 196 |
Innovations RD lab employment and university research by state | 203 |
Innovations RD lab employment and university research by MSA | 205 |
Innovation private RD lab employment and university research by MSA and industry sector | 209 |
Industry Groupings | 214 |
List of Variables | 215 |
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Absolute Relative Absolute Acs and Audretsch Anselin asset specificity biotechnology capital structure ceteris paribus chapter cities clusters coefficient corporate counties current product debt to common degree of obsolescence econometric economic growth effect empirical entrepreneurial equation estimates geographic spillovers global heteroskedasticity high-tech high-technology employment IDIS2 important industrial R&D industry mix inno innovative activity innovative output inputs interaction investment Jaffe Jaffe’s knowledge production function knowledge spillovers labor force large firms LTD/CE manufacturing belt measure of innovative metropolitan areas metropolitan statistical areas monopoly profits MSA level networks number of innovations opportunity cost patent percent private R&D probit process innovation product improvement product innovation projects proxy R&D expenditures R&D spillovers regional regression results Relative Absolute Relative role sector selection bias Shift-share analysis Silicon Valley Small Business Administration small firms SMSA spatial lag systems of innovation Table technological opportunity theory tion university R&D university research expenditures WMIT