While a market economy seeks equilibrium, a knowledge-based economy may upset this tendency towards stabilization by … innovation, and institutional control can be captured with a generalized Triple Helix model. We propose to use the mutual … Netherlands are tested: medium-tech manufacturing is the main driver of a knowledge-based configuration in a regional economy …

We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting … output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public … departments, German Science Foundation (DFG), and from other sources. The contribution of these knowledge sources is tested …

We measure the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … spatial autocorrelation. -- Knowledge ; innovation ; spillovers ; patents ; regional analysis … second approach assesses regional differences within the framework of a stochastic frontier knowledge production function …

classes across all sectors and all EU member states, the authors identify different innovation profiles based on a firm’s R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. Basic firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or innovation - are more … market. To further explore why young SMEs are not more active in innovation, the authors explore their access to finance. It …