considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a … network may influence knowledge persistence over time. In a final step, we assess how persistent knowledge as well as the …

considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimated the persistence of knowledge in the inventor networks of nine … German regions using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates, we analyzed how the size and … structure of a network may influence knowledge persistence over time. In a final step, we assessed how persistent knowledge as …

We investigate the role played by different fields of academic knowledge and various types of higher education … different indicators for these types of knowledge, the strongest effects are found for the number of professors, followed by the … the regional knowledge stock than the number of students that is most important for the emergence of innovative stat-ups. …

research. The empirical analysis clearly indicates the critical role of industry-specific knowledge plays for new. Hence …, strengthening the regional knowledge base should be a key policy that aims at stimulating entrepreneurship in this sector. …

and their relationships. We compare regional knowledge networks based on different types of data sources, namely, co … source leads to a severe underestimation of regional knowledge interactions, especially those of private sector firms and …

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 analyze information and knowledge transfer in a sample of 16 German regional innovation networks with almost 300 … knowledge and information than weak ties. Moreover, our results suggest that broker positions tend to be associated with social … returns rather than with private benefits. -- Regional innovation networks ; R&D-collaboration ; knowledge exchange ; social …