This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity … with domestic partners. We do not find a significant effect for employing inventors with access to international knowledge … or for collaborating with international partners. International knowledge acquisition is only effective if conducted via …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …

In this paper we explore the concept of informal innovation by investigating it both on the input (activities) and … output (impact) side of the innovation process. Informal innovation is defined as innovation that is not explicitly planned … and budgeted and therefore remains largely hidden in (aggregate) innovation data. We take a statistical approach to reveal …

We estimate a knowledge production function for university patenting using an individual effects negative binomial …

The knowledge-based economy poses before organisations challenges related to an effective management of workers …' knowledge. Organisations cannot efficiently function if they do not use resources of knowledge of all their employees, also … of acquisition, development, transfer, and accumulation of knowledge. There are also presented results of surveys on the …