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 …

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 …

knowledge, which ascribe important societal functions to competition. In his later works, he has elaborated his view that …

This paper identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in Europe, analysing the role of knowledge base … plays a prominent role, while heterogeneity is driven by uneven knowledge bases and innovative efforts. …

existing knowledge is supplemented by the idea that markets are also most effectively creating new knowledge. However, in his … assessment Hayek neglects the role of new technological knowledge. He ignores that the discovery procedure induces not only price …

-doing and organizational forgetting in R&D on firms' incentives to innovate. I develop a dynamic step by step innovation model … with history dependency. Firms can accumulate knowledge by investing in R&D. As a benchmark I show that without knowledge … experience by performing R&D the resulting effect of knowledge induces technological leaders to rest on their laurels which …

We measure the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function … second approach assesses regional differences within the framework of a stochastic frontier knowledge production function …. This approach mainly reveals differences with regard to the intercept of the knowledge production function and, therefore …

We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of … pure size is unimportant. Therefore, a policy that wants to promote regional innovation processes by building up …

The importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the in-creasing interest that scholars are … topic into three key conceptual dimensions: (i) knowledge; (ii) inno-vation and (iii) spatial proximity. The major … taking in studying knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The objective of this paper is to track the evolution of the …