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 …

Innovation processes are characterized by a pronounced division of labor between actors. Two types of externality may … innovation (MAR externalities). On the other hand, new ideas may be born by the exchange of heterogeneous and complementary … knowledge between actors, which belong to different industries (Jacobs' externalities). We test the impact of both MAR as well …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

the region in generating new knowledge. The efficiency measure is constructed by relating regional R&D input and output …

knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative activity. Therefore, a … approach that links instrumental variable estimation with the Cox regression. The main results are that all three knowledge …

Knowledge is one of the most important determinants in single-industry studies of firm survival over the life cycle …. Different kinds of knowledge, namely post-entry experience, pre-entry experience, and knowledge acquired by innovative activity … positively influence the survival chances of firms. This paper investigates how the kinds of knowledge are able to compensate for …

This paper surveys recent findings about how the financial markets value the knowledge assets of publicly traded firms …. The motivation for using market value equation to price knowledge assets is discusssed and the theory behind this equation … corporation is strongly related to its knowledge assets, and that the patent measures contain information about this value above …