Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56869 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2010,079
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We analyze the emergence and spatial evolution of the German laser systems industry. Regional knowledge in the related field of laser sources, as well as the presence of universities with physics or engineering departments, is conducive to the emergence of laser systems suppliers. The regional presence of source producers is also positively related to entry into laser systems. One important mechanism behind regional entry is the diversification of upstream laser source producers into the downstream systems market. Entry into the materials processing submarket appears to be unrelated to academic knowledge in the region, but the presence of laser source producers and the regional stock of laser knowledge are still highly predictive in this submarket.
Subjects: 
innovation
regional knowledge
laser technology
emerging industries
diversification
JEL: 
L22
L69
R11
O52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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