This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network … theory the closure argument and the gossip argument describe thisrelation. These two arguments do not distinguish between …-specific knowledge networks. Empirical data were collected on a network of 55 individuals inthe setting of account management. These data …

The importance of knowledge spillovers for achieving innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … exchange. Growth is generated through human capital accumulation and knowledge externalities. The available knowledge in any … knowledge with. We show how the diffusion of knowledge through the world explains the evolution of global income inequality. It …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are … connected by a network of knowledge exchange. Technological progress in any country depends on the state of technology in the … countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world …

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong … correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the … other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance …

Institutions are strikingly absent from most economic theory, certainly from growth theory.In standard theory it is … institutionalmeasures which have been used in the literature. The to my knowledge only two studiesto date which have, in this context …