Transition and change : innovation systems in Asia-Pacific economies / V.V. Krishna and Tim Turpin -- 'Marking time?' The evolution of the Australian national innovation system, 1996-2005 / Sam Garrett-Jones -- New S&T policies and repositioning of universities in the changing national...

We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation processes. The contribution of universities is tested on the level of German NUTS-3 regions (Kreise) by using a variety of indicators. We find that the intensity and quality of the research conducted by the...

Understanding the way in which knowledge is technically produced and transferred, and how its diffusion path can be characterized is of fundamental importance for the performance of an economy. Although this fact seems to be plausible ex ante, the relevant literature so far has paid less...