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 …

(1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the commercialization of a given invention. Tacit knowledge warrants inventor …Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they … possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora …

(1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the commercialization of a given invention. Tacit knowledge warrants inventor …Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they … possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora …

(1995) and model firm-inventor cooperation in the commercialization of a given invention. Tacit knowledge warrants inventor …Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they … possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora …