caa a22 4500 606165452 CHVBK 20210128100653.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00168-015-0719-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00168-015-0719-4 Linking collaborative R&D strategies with the research and innovation performance of SMEs in peripheral regions: Do spatial and organizational choices make a difference? [Elektronische Daten] [Timo Mitze, Björn Alecke, Janina Reinkowski, Gerhard Untiedt] We examine the empirical link between collaborative R&D strategies and the research and innovation performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in peripheral locations. Using a survey of German firms combined with time series information on patent applications obtained from the European Patent Office, we apply a comparison-group approach and estimate different "treatment effect” models to assess the notion of causality underlying this relationship. Besides accounting for observed and unobserved firm-specific heterogeneity, we thereby also control for the likely endogeneity of R&D collaboration as a strategic choice in the course of research and innovation activities. Our results for the period 2001-2007 indicate that engaging in R&D collaboration vis-á-vis a non-collaborative research strategy is related to higher outcome levels for a firm's key research and innovation indicators such as R&D and patent intensity. We also find that this latter link varies by firm size and the organizational type of cooperating partner, and especially those firms that simultaneously engage in research collaborations with other private businesses and research institutes/universities show above average innovation performance. In contrast, the notion of spatial proximity to research partners is shown to be of less importance. Our results may be of help for the future design of regional policies supporting the research and innovation activity of small firms in peripheral and remote locations outside large metropolitan areas. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Mitze Timo Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400, Sønderborg, Denmark aut Alecke Björn Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Regionalanalysen (GEFRA), Ludgeristraße 56, 48143, Münster, Germany aut Reinkowski Janina Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen, für Landesentwicklung und Heimat, Odeonsplatz 4, 80539, Munich, Germany aut Untiedt Gerhard Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Regionalanalysen (GEFRA), Ludgeristraße 56, 48143, Münster, Germany aut The Annals of Regional Science Springer Berlin Heidelberg 55/2-3(2015-12-01), 555-596 0570-1864 55:2-3<555 2015 55 168 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-015-0719-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-015-0719-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mitze Timo Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Alsion 2, 6400, Sønderborg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alecke Björn Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Regionalanalysen (GEFRA), Ludgeristraße 56, 48143, Münster, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reinkowski Janina Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen, für Landesentwicklung und Heimat, Odeonsplatz 4, 80539, Munich, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Untiedt Gerhard Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Regionalanalysen (GEFRA), Ludgeristraße 56, 48143, Münster, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Annals of Regional Science Springer Berlin Heidelberg 55/2-3(2015-12-01), 555-596 0570-1864 55:2-3<555 2015 55 168