Do cluster based companies differ in patent activity to non-cluster based ones? A Case study of German Machine Tool Builders

Scientific Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Economics - Innovation economics, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Constanze, language: English, abstract: This research analyses whether German Machine Tool Builders headquartered in industrial clusters differ in patent activities from companies outside these regions. Therefore this paper provides standard references as well as curren...