This research introduces an agent-based simulation model representing the dynamic processes of cooperative R&D in the … manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 …' likelihood to participate in cooperation with other organizations when conducting innovation activities. These determinants are …

knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge … 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 …

In our work we adopt a structural perspective and apply an agent-based simulation approach to analyse knowledge … knowledge distribution properties of the system. Our results show - in line with the results of Cowan and Jonard (2007) - that … an asymmetric or skewed degree distribution actually can have a negative impact on a network's knowledge diffusion …

Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge … network to participate in global knowledge ows and to increase success in idea generation, invention and innovation. In this … chapter, we review the literature on two of the most important channels of international knowledge diffusion in the field of …

angles, and using various sources and types of information (patent statistics, the Community Innovation Survey data, evidence … one or two major research questions. In contrast, this paper tackles both R&D and innovation collaborations among …, conducting R&D and innovation activities diametrically differ in business and academia; and (ii) different types of firms have …

This paper investigates the embeddedness of European regions in different types of inter-regional knowledge networks … dimension in regional knowledge production activities. The results reveal conspicuous differences between the knowledge networks … spill-over effects of region-external factors on centrality in the co-publication network. Thus, the distinctive knowledge …

intensity of cooperation and innovation. Within different knowledge regimes, we examine the structure of networks that emerge …This paper extends the existing literature on strategic R&D alliances by presenting a model of innovation networks with … different locations in the knowledge space. Social capital is ignored, and firms ally purely on the basis of knowledge …

' access to new and better capital goods depends on the knowledge gap, i.e., the wedge between the firm's technical knowledge … knowledge diffusion subsequently leading to declining business dynamism. Our findings indicate that only when knowledge … markups, falling labor share and productivity growth. Patents are an important obstacle to knowledge diffusion. We find an …

In this paper I propose a novel abstract mechanism for the creation and diffusion of knowledge and use an agent based … explain and the stocks of knowledge available in a society, be it individually or collectively. I find that the aggregate … number of knowledge units in a society increases more slowly, the more naive its inhabitants are. I also find that the …