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 …

considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimated the persistence of knowledge in the inventor networks of nine … German regions using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates, we analyzed how the size and … structure of a network may influence knowledge persistence over time. In a final step, we assessed how persistent knowledge as …

understanding of collaboration as a social system has constrained social interactions, leading to limited knowledge production …, application, and knowledge sharing, with technological development and innovation delays. The article lists crucial factors from …