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 …

-based knowledge spillovers as one such factor (Audretsch and Lehmann 2005, Cassia et al. 2009). This paper extends this approach to … the regional innovator network, promoting region-specific knowledge spillovers. Two data bases are applied. First, patent …

literature. We discuss if lock-ins are really inescapable, especially when innovation is concerned. Also, we address the question …

analysis with evidence on innovation slowdown trends, looking at aggregate and compositional trends. We explore the innovation … occurrence. Eventually, we relate productivity and innovation slowdowns deriving tables of trends co-movements, weighted by input …

This paper examines the diversity of the types of links of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance …, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to …

associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation …