the most controversial themes in the research of innovation systems, regional networks and new economic geography. While … contexts when knowledge is novel and the innovation endeavor is more radical while this effect is less pronounced for projects …

knowledge spillovers, as they serve as central actors of innovation networks and stimulate network activities. Whereas the … linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in … of respective institutions within innovation networks thereby reinforces the radicalness of inventions. However, we do …

Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge … network to participate in global knowledge ows and to increase success in idea generation, invention and innovation. In this …

characteristics of gatekeepers within regional innovation systems by applying social network analysis based on patent data for four …

The flow of knowledge through interaction between innovative actors is central to the systemic view of innovation. We …

nations in terms of R&D and innovation in the near future. For the moment, however, contradictory signals emerge from the … development. The empirical analy-sis brings together data on the Chinese innovation system with evidence from the electronics …