Basiskonzepte und Indikatoren zur Erfassung von Wissen und Wissensspillovers -- Europäische High-Tech Patente und Patentzitierungen — Eine explorative Analyse -- Europäische High-Tech Patentzitierungen — Eine explanatorische Analyse -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

The focus of this study is on R&D networks in Europe, as captured by R&D joint ventures funded by the European Commission within the European Framework Programmes (FPs). The Framework Programmes are the main policy instrument to address the goal of an integrated and coherent European Research...

The focus of this study is on cross-region R&D collaborations in Europe. We use data on collaborative R&D projects funded by the 5th EU Framework Programme (FP5). The objective is to identify separation effects - such as geographical or technological effects - on the constitution of cross-region...

The transformation of China into a knowledge based economy is currently one of the most intensively debated research issues in Economic Geography and Regional Science. The focus of this study is on effects of knowledge production and knowledge spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP) in...

An overarching concern in regional science is the characterization of interactions—such as commuter flows, transport, migration, or knowledge flows—within and between subnational spatial units. In this work, we use techniques from social network analysis to address the quality,...