well as the knowledge of new inventors affect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest … 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 …

Introduction -- Knowledge and learning -- Creating knowledge : transfer, exchange and gifts -- Development of economic … knowledge : paradigms & new ideas -- Knowledge exchange in networks : within-firm analysis -- Knowledge exchange between firms … : economic geography of high-tech firms -- The knowledge base of an economy : what contributes to its entropy? -- A dynamic …