We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub … firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs' types. Network membership is observable, which … allows lenders to offer different interest rates to network and stand-alone entrepreneurs. We show that a network outcome can …

contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback (social network effects) that has been found by …

debated topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany …-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main ques-tions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of … social capital likely to be more in-novative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This …

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We … these relations, we apply social network analysis methods to describe the evolution of the innovator network of Jena …, Germany in the period from 1995 to 2001. During this period, the network is characterised by growth in the number of patents …

positive effects on innovation of both the total number of relations and of access to a larger knowledge base. However, when … some sort of public good to the innovation system. …

, economic, and academic actors contribute to the creation and establishing of new fields of innovation. To this end, we will … compare two prominent cases in current innovation policy: biotechnology (specifically, genetic engineering) and the electric … vehicle network (EVN). Nascent areas of research and development require robust organizational networks and a high degree of …

Arbeitsplätzen und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch Mobilität, Kooperation und Innovation. Internationale Unternehmer, Wissensmigration und … kulturelle Vielfalt können ein wesentlicher Antreiber von Lernprozessen und Innovation sein. Aus innovations ökonomischer Sicht …