Innovation centres and their importance for the growth of new technology-based firms

experience gained from the Federal Republic of Germany

verfasst von

Rolf Sternberg

Abstract

The following study is based on three countrywide surveys aimed at investigating the effect of innovation centres as an instrument of local economic development and innovation policy in the Federal Republic of Germany (F.R.G.). The conceptual bases of 31 centres, the situation of 177 resident entrepreneurs and the characteristics of 29 site managers are investigated by means of written inquiries, structured interviews and oral inquiries. The representative nature of the data gathered allows a first cautious stocktaking of this still unequivocal instrument of economic development policy after 5 years' experience of innovation centres in the F.R.G. The main emphasis of the present investigation is on the implication that services rendered by the centres have for the growth and innovation opportunities of young companies that predominantly stem from the pool of new technology-based firms.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie

Typ

Artikel

Journal

TECHNOVATION

Band

9

Seiten

681-694

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0166-4972

Publikationsdatum

12.1989

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeiner Maschinenbau, Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-4972(89)90006-0 (Zugang: Geschlossen)