This paper introduces Information Theoretic - based methods for estimating a target variable in a set of small … level, and then of employing the estimated coefficients to obtain the sub-group level indicators. The Information Theoretic …-sample information from theory and/or empirical evidence can be introduced in the form of known probabilities by means of the cross …

This paper reviews approaches used for evaluating the performance of local or regional innovation systems. This … knowledge production function relating innovation inputs and innovation outputs. In analyses on the regional level and … especially when acknowledging regional innovation systems those approaches have to take into account cooperative invention and …