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 …

disentangle differential effects of team heterogeneity by modeling two separate heterogeneity dimensions, namely knowledge scope … and knowledge disparity. Analyzing unique data on functional experiences of the members of 337 start-up teams, we find … support for our contention of team heterogeneity as a two-dimensional concept. Results suggest that knowledge disparity …

assessing how the structure of actor-based knowledge networks is affected by such policies. We continue in that direction and … analyze how technology-based regional knowledge spaces structurally respond to the introduction of a cluster policy. Taking … the example of the German BioRegio contest, we examine how such knowledge spaces in winning and non-winning regions …

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 …