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

of all, the model assumes the influence of both the market knowledge base itself, and the efficiency of internal market … knowledge sharing on the competitiveness of analysed entities. Second of all, it analyses the impact of market knowledge … perception within business entities and the openness of technical staff on internal market knowledge sharing efficiency. Research …

Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong … correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the … other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance …