Die wesentlichen Grundlagen für regionale Innovationsprozesse sind das vorhandene Wissen sowie die Fähigkeit, neues Wissen aufzunehmen und es kommerziell zu nutzen. Dabei kommt den Kooperationsbeziehungen und der Einbindung in überregionale Netzwerke große Bedeutung zu. Für die...

The shrinking of the German manufacturing sector due to the new energy crisis is currently a hotly debated topic. The aim of this article is to contribute to this emotional debate by providing evidence on recent developments in the German manufacturing sector. The analysis of relevant data...

We document the generation and the content of the Comprehensive Patent Database (CPDB) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (1949-1990), which is freely available at GESIS https://doi.org/10.7802/2448. The database contains all patents granted in the GDR and published by the Office of...

The development of inventor networks is characterized by the addition of a significant number of new inventors, while a considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimated the persistence of knowledge in the inventor networks of nine German regions using alternative assumptions...