framework is rarely related to investigations of regional knowledge network structures, because in RIS literature relational … structures and interaction networks are discussed in a rather fuzzy and generic manner with the ‘network term’ often being used … knowledge exchange relations in the RIS literature from the perspective of social network analysis. More precise, it links …

The Silk Roads were a decentralized network of trade routes that connected ancient cities across Eurasia. Goods, ideas … network, this paper finds that areas within 50 KM of the historic location of the Silk Roads have higher levels of economic … activity today. The persistent effect of proximity to the ancient trade network is associated with increased access to modern …

The success breeds success hypothesis has been mainly applied to theoretical network approaches. We investigate the … network, its topological architecture, the individual actors that make up the network, and through a comparison of the Airbus … structure is mirrored in the architecture of the European aerospace R&D collaboration network, where well-connected hub …

throughout the input-output network structure of regional economies in the European Union. To do so, it develops weighted and … directed input-output network models across the European Union (EU) NUTS-2 regions and computes measures of network typology … capturing connectivity, centrality, and clustering. Network analysis facilitates a clustering of the EU countries into groups of …

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 ….6%. Our study further reveals that when ignoring the network structure the impact of firm exit or mergers is significantly …

.g. geographical distance between regions). ERGMs represent a new set of network analysis techniques that have been developed in recent … determinants at the structural network level while still only requiring cross-sectional network data. The usefulness of ERGMs is … illustrated by an empirical study on the structure of the cross-regional R and D collaboration network of the German chemical …

regional patent data. Our analysis explicitly accounts for different network centrality measures (betweenness, degree … hypothesis that leading European regions are indeed multi- filed network nodes and that most research collaboration is taking …

empirically using the interlocking network model of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network. Two approaches can … be distinguished from a spatial perspective: a global approach that studies the world city network from the perspective … approaches use the same analytical instrument: the interlocking network model of GaWC. Differences exist in the theoretical …