This paper empirically explores relations between network positions in knowledge networks andtrust. In social network theory the closure argument and the gossip argument describe thisrelation. These two arguments do not distinguish between different dimensions of trust. In thispaper we estimate...

We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted technology depends on...

This paper provides a review of some connecting literature in Decision Sciences, Economics, Finance, Business, Computing, and Big Data. We then discuss some research that is related to the six cognate disciplines. Academics could develop theoretical models and subsequent econometric and...