of the agreement form an information network. The network's members optimally specialize based on their opportunities in … particular aspects of the technology or in expanding or managing the network. Endogenously there are incentives to standardize on … designs and descriptions of the technology. A tinkerer in the network who sees an opportunity to produce a profitable product …

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 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 …

structure of a network may influence knowledge persistence over time. In a final step, we assessed how persistent knowledge as … 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 …

—contradicting pattern, we investigate processes at the intermediate network level. Our analysis draws upon co-patenting data for the entire … subsequent period. We show that processes at the intermediate network level provide new insights on the co-existence of micro …

belonged to the exiting key player's ego-network, indicating that the group level provides a source of stability and …

Network analysis shows a stable network between states, but a changing environment between individual actors, with a …

of the agreement form an information network. The network's members optimally specialize based on their opportunities in … particular aspects of the technology or in expanding or managing the network. Endogenously there are incentives to standardize on … designs and descriptions of the technology. A tinkerer in the network who sees an opportunity to produce a profitable product …

from collaborations arise by sharing knowledge about a cost-reducing technology. By forming collaborations, however, firms … efficient network maximizing social welfare, and find that the efficient graph is either empty, complete or shows a strong core … counterfactual analyses, taking into account that the network and production can dynamically adjust to shocks or policy interventions …