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 …

Die Gründung eines innovativen Unternehmens stellt eine Form der kommerziellen Verwer-tung von Wissen dar. Der Beitrag …Setting up an innovative new firm is a way of commercializing knowledge. The paper gives an overview of the extent of … new firm formation in knowledge intensive and in innovative German industries and their development. The founding of a new …

the knowledge in laser technology was particularly high in those regions which have started laser research rather early …. There is also no significant effect of regional knowledge in the field of laser technology on the number of regional laser …

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …

While a market economy seeks equilibrium, a knowledge-based economy may upset this tendency towards stabilization by … Netherlands are tested: medium-tech manufacturing is the main driver of a knowledge-based configuration in a regional economy …, while knowledge-intensive services tend to uncouple the economy from the regional configuration. At the level of regions …