This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …

We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from … research later, indicating the accumulation of knowledge generated in previous periods. Our results highlight the role of a …

the main sources of knowledge transfer and innovation among key firms in Bangalore’s software cluster are their external …This paper is aganist the popular assertion regarding the links between innovation and clustering and it is found that … knowledge brought in by foreign networks. …

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … the efficiency of its innovation system is inversely u-shaped. Regions dominated by large establishments tend to be less …

drive innovation. …

closely connected with changing knowledge and property rights. The internationalization of markets as a consequence of …

A bill to promote autonomy of higher educational institutions and universities for free pursuit of knowledge and … innovation and to provide for comprehensive and integrated growth of higher education and research keeping in view the global …