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 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 …

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 …

Trademark Office (USPTO) over the 1973-2012 period. Our study focuses on the combinations of technological fields within patent … of the process we obtain insights that complement those from counting patents. Our results show that the density of the … technological knowledge network increased and that the majority of technological fields became more interconnected over time. We …

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

Access to useful knowledge is crucial for fostering modern economic growth. We show, for the first time, that knowledge … monastic volumes. This information is then linked to newly digitized annual data on patents issued in Italy between 1863 and …

This paper describes the construction of a microlevel database on knowledge creation by higher education institutions … (KC-HEI), accompanying the Global Knowledge InputOutput database (KIO, Davies et al., 2023). The database was created as … potential of the KC-HEI database, providing key stylised facts on the role of universities in knowledge creation, while …

impact of internal and external knowledge pools of both green and other than green technologies on green patent activities …. It turned out that the internal green knowledge stock is positively related to green patent activities with a … considerably large marginal value. The country's green knowledge stock and the green knowledge stock of the same industry in other …

Using the EconLit dissertation database and large-scale algorithmic methods that identify author demographics from … names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite …