Spatial Heterogeneity in the Effect of Regional Trust on Innovation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4041043 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thore Sören Bischoff (0000-0002-5511-6778, Institute for Small Business EconomicsGeorg-August-University Göttingen37073 GöttingenGermany), Petrik Runst (0000-0003-2483-9081, Institute for Small Business EconomicsGeorg-August-University Göttingen37073 GöttingenGermany), Kilian Bizer (0000-0002-2258-7725, Chair of Economic Policy and SME ResearchGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen37073 GöttingenGermany) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-101 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00130095.2023.2252552 |
| OpenAlex | W4387703101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 58 |
Generalized trust positively affects innovation at the regional level by reducing transaction costs and supporting collaboration. We develop theoretical reasons for why the trust–innovation relationship is heterogeneous across geographic space and identify two main mechanisms that drive this result: first, only regions in the lower half of the trust distribution benefit from an increase in trust; and second, as smaller firms lack internal capabilities such as research and development and therefore resort to informal collaboration, the trust–innovation relationship is stronger in regions with a large share of small firms. We argue that regional innovation work differently across regions and different mechanisms of cooperation can be leveraged to achieve innovation success. Our results highlight the role of trust during a certain stage in the process of regional economic development, since both low trust and a larger share of small business constitute characteristics of less developed regions
Business · Database transaction · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Gross domestic product · Industrial organization · Intellectual property · Political science · Product (mathematics) · Regional science · Transaction cost · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Finance · Marketing · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Social Capital and Networks
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |