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 …

contribute to discourses. 3. Further, there are internal communicative practices of movement knowledge generation. These can be …

Following the development of knowledge economies, there has been a rapid expansion of economic analysis of knowledge …, both in the context of technological knowledge in particular and the decision theory in general. This paper surveys this … of knowledge related questions in terms of applicability and alternative approaches has led to the fragmentation of …

This paper discusses several features of knowledge that are often considered crucial for characterizing the economic … significance of knowledge: whether it is overtly accessible or tacit, whether it can be or is encoded or not, and whether it has … public or private good character. It is argued that all these features depend similarly on the state of the knowledge …

, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …

distinctive case because their 'product' is essentially knowledge, and in many cases this knowledge is partly tacit and … has a bearing on the creation and deployment of knowledge. Therefore, from the perspective of a service firm, contractual … arrangements need to be aligned with the nature of its knowledge base. Knowledge base is characterized here by the firm's service …