Despite global competition, innovation in established and young enterprises is spatially concentrated. The goal of this project is to determine modern location factors that influence the spatial distribution of innovation activity. Here, a key role is played by knowledge that is embodied in persons and that is not codified. Innovation does not occur in isolation. Links between the actors in the innovation process can thus lead to immobility of innovators. This immobility in combination with non-codified knowledge is a key explanation of the spatial distribution of innovations. This project incorporates the areas of education, innovation and regional economics.
Empirical analyses
Several
Falck, Oliver (with David B. Audretsch, M. P. Feldman, Stephan Heblich), "Local Entrepreneurship in Context", Regional Studies, 2011, in press
Falck, Oliver (with David B. Audretsch, Stephan Heblich), "Who’s Got the Aces Up His Sleeve? Functional Specialization of Cities and Entrepreneurship", Annals of Regional Science 46 (3), 2011, 621-636
Falck, Oliver (with Stefan Kipar, Stephan Heblich), "Incumbent Innovation and Domestic Entry", Small Business Economics 36 (2), 2011, 271-279
Falck, Oliver (with Michael Fritsch, Stephan Heblich), "The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth", Ifo Working Paper Nr. 88, 2010 ( Abstract / Download )
Falck, Oliver (with Stefan Bauernschuster, Stephan Heblich), "Social Capital Access and Entrepreneurship", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 76, 2010, 821-833
Falck, Oliver (with Stefan Kipar, Stephan Heblich), "Industrial Innovation: Direct Evidence from a Cluster-Oriented Policy", Regional Science and Urban Economics 40(6), 2010, 574-582
Falck, Oliver (with Werner Bönte, Stephan Heblich), "The Impact of Regional Age Structure on Entrepreneurship", Economic Geography 85 (3), 2009, 269–288
Falck, Oliver, "Routinization of Innovation in German Manufacturing: The David-Goliath Symbiosis Revisited", Industrial and Corporate Change 18 (3), 2009, 497–506
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