Space and Time in German Innovative Activity: Regional Allocation Patterns, Determinants and Geo-Econometric Models
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Variables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction to the Thesis -- 1.1 First Part -- 1.2 Second Part -- 1.3 Third Part -- 2 State of the Art -- 2.1 Position Towards Other Research -- 2.1.1 Growth Theories and Innovation Geography -- 2.1.2 Spillovers and Knowledge Externalities -- 2.1.3 Regional Innovation Systems -- 2.1.4 Cluster Approaches and Concentration Indices -- 2.1.5 Technology Regime Approaches -- 2.1.6 Evolutionary Economics and Related Variety -- 2.1.7 Other Applied Works -- 2.2 Subsumption -- Part I Regional Allocations of Innovative Activity - The Case of 3D Printing -- 3 Introduction -- 4 Innovation and Space -- 4.1 Theoretical Considerations -- 4.2 Innovation in Space -- 4.3 Space -- 4.4 Regional Localization -- 5 Technology Parameters -- 5.1 Innovation Activity and Patents -- 5.2 Additive Manufacturing -- 6 Methodology -- 6.1 Kernel Density Estimation -- 6.2 Innovation Heat Maps -- 7 Discussion and Conclusion -- Part II Regional Determinants of Innovative Activity - Geoadditive Modeling of Diverging Allocations -- 8 Introduction -- 9 Patents and Innovation -- 9.1 Germany's Economy and the Innovation Sector -- 9.2 Spatial Relations of Patents -- 10 Theoretical Foundations -- 10.1 Covariate Theory -- 10.2 Hypotheses -- 11 Modeling -- 11.1 OLS -- 11.2 Geoadditive Model -- 11.2.1 Derivation -- 11.2.2 REML Estimation -- 12 Conclusion -- Part III Innovative Activity over Space and Time - Spatiotemporal Modeling of Innovation Promoting Factors -- 13 Introduction -- 14 Theoretical Framework -- 14.1 Innovation as Time-Space Relevant Concept -- 14.2 Hypothesizing on Innovative Activity -- 15 Modeling the Innovation Relation -- 15.1 The Data -- 15.2 Model Specification -- 15.3 Programmed Application -- 16 Analyses and Outcomes.
