knowledge-based innovation systems. A system without sufficient options, for example, is locked-in. The generation of redundancy …" (TH) as attempts to find surplus value in bringing industrial innovation closer to public R&D. Whereas the firm is central … can take leading roles in innovation eco-systems. In addition to the (transversal) technology transfer at each moment of …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

The shift to new forms of knowledge creation reflects a remarkable increase in the number of knowledge … and can be described as users, carriers and sources of innovation (Miles et al. 1995). In addi-tion to macroeconomic … implications, newly founded KIBS are considered to play an important role within regional production and innovation systems. As …