The role of local milieu for innovations and internationalization of firms : Evidence from East Germany

• This paper analyses the impact of the local milieu on the innovation performance and internationalization of firms.  The local milieu is captured both by the assessment of location conditions by firms and by the settlement type of the firm location. Using firm data from East Germany, we find that the local milieu is significantly related to the innovation and internationalization performance of firms.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

local milieu

innovation performance

agglomeration

Eastern Germany

firm level analysis

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