<Para ID="Par1">This paper extends a model by Deneckere et al. (J Ind Econ 40:147–156, <CitationRef CitationID="CR2">1992</CitationRef>) to a multi-regional framework. It is assumed that some consumers are loyal to their respective regional firms, while others prefer the nationwide firm’s product. A third type of consumers is sensitive to price. With...</citationref></para>

The main objective of this paper is to provide greater understanding of the systems of innovation approach as a flexible and useful conceptual framework for spatial innovation analysis. It presents an effort to develop some missing links and to decrease the conceptual noise often present in the...

Building a feedforward computational neural network model (CNN) involves two distinct tasks: determination of the network topology and weight estimation. The specification of a problem adequate network topology is a key issue and the primary focus of this contribution. Up to now, this issue has...

This paper provides some evidence on the importance of geographically mediated knowledge spillovers from university research activities to regional knowledge production in high-technology industries in Austria. Spillovers occur because knowledge created by universities has some of the...