knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. In analyses on the regional level and …This paper reviews approaches used for evaluating the performance of local or regional innovation systems. This … especially when acknowledging regional innovation systems those approaches have to take into account cooperative invention and …

The concept of Bridging Technologies (BTs) refers to technologies which are important for the regional knowledge base … patenting regions are not necessarily the ones that embed most new technologies in their Knowledge Space (KS). Our findings …

Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge … network to participate in global knowledge ows and to increase success in idea generation, invention and innovation. In this … chapter, we review the literature on two of the most important channels of international knowledge diffusion in the field of …

This paper investigates the possible presence of three problems in regional innovation systems (RIS): intermediation … complementarity with the regional knowledge base. The issue of trust in cooperating tends to have no effect on the propensity to … cooperate. However, it is a main determinant of failed cooperation projects. -- Regional innovation systems ; reciprocity …

effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes furthermore how dif- ferent dimensions of regional knowledge affect … Innovation System (RIS) approach. -- regional development ; regional effects of cooperative behavior ; knowledge ; related …The literature on "Innovation Systems" is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition …

topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main ques-tions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more in-novative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We … core competencies of the network. -- Innovator networks ; innovation system ; R&D cooperation ; mobility …

This paper concerns the regional innovation system approach. It deals with the characteristics of three regional … importance of the size and homogeneity of a regional pool of knowledge spillovers for those networks is analyzed. We find … evidence that an increasing regional knowledge base in combination with an increasing homogeneity of this knowledge base …