The topic of the dissertation is the relationship between knowledge spillovers and firms' likelihood to co-operate on R&D and innovation activities. The analysis contains two parts: A review of relevant theoretical and empirical literature and an empirical part that analyses the relationship...

Basiskonzepte und Indikatoren zur Erfassung von Wissen und Wissensspillovers -- Europäische High-Tech Patente und Patentzitierungen — Eine explorative Analyse -- Europäische High-Tech Patentzitierungen — Eine explanatorische Analyse -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

This paper analyses the nature of knowledge spillovers from research and development (R&D) in the field of liquid crystal display technology by estimating the impact of inventors' changing organizational and collaborative affiliations on the probability of citations in US patents filed between...