characteristics of gatekeepers within regional innovation systems by applying social network analysis based on patent data for four …

and offered performance-related compensation schemes to their scientists. However, neither a higher total compensation nor … innovative output was unsystematic. -- Compensation packages ; incentives ; innovation ; economic history ; Germany, pre-1913 …

This paper explores the role of R&D worker mobility on innovation performance. As one main novelty, we employ churning … innovation through inter-firm knowledge spillovers and improved job-match quality up to certain threshold. The point when costs … of churning exceed the benefits is reached faster if the R&D knowledge is non-duplicative. -- innovation ; churning …