Main tasks of academia are to create new knowledge and to transfer that knowledge into the economy. Regarding this work, four channels of knowledge transfer are considered (based on Hamm et al, 2012): (1) basic transfer e.g. publications, (2) human capital e.g. graduates, (3) formation of...

We analyse the determinants of network formation in Germany's biotechnology industry using social network analysis combined with a regression approach for count data. Outcome variable of interest is the degree centrality of German regions, which is specified as a function of the region's...

We analyse the determinants of network formation in Germany’s biotechnology industry using social network analysis combined with a regression approach for count data. Outcome variable of interest is the degree centrality of German regions, which is specified as a function of the region’s...

We analyse the determinants of network formation in German's biotechnology sector combining elements from social network analysis (SNA) and a regression framework for count data. For the latter we adopt a regional innovation system perspective, we estimate the number of total and interregional...

Hochschulen nehmen in regionalen Innovationssystemen eine wichtige Rolle ein. Sie sammeln, archivieren und schaffen neues Wissen, welches für einen andauernden Innovationsprozess unabdingbar ist. Insbesondere der Wissenstransfer über kooperative Forschung zwischen Hochschulen und Unternehmen,...