The paper investigates the patterns of persistence of innovation and of the properties of firms' knowledge base (KB … investigated their patterns of persistence over time. The empirical analysis is implemented by exploring the autocorrelation … agents. On this basis, we derived properties of the KB like the coherence, the cognitive distance and the variety, and …

, variety and cognitive distance indexes, accounting respectively for technological complementarity, differentiation and (dis … innovation enhances the survival likelihood of firms. In addition, we show that the search strategies at work in the development … of firms' knowledge base matter in reducing the likelihood of a failure event. Knowledge coherence and variety appear to …

, variety and cognitive distance indexes, accounting respectively for technological complementarity, differentiation and … innovation enhances the survival likelihood of firms. In addition, we show that the search strategies at work in the development … of firms' knowledge base matter in reducing the likelihood of a failure event. Knowledge coherence and variety appear to …

bases, like coherence, cognitive distance and variety. By combining the literature on the knowledge spillovers of …

, variety and cognitive distance indexes, accounting respectively for technological complementarity, differentiation and (dis … innovation enhances the survival likelihood of firms. In addition, we show that the search strategies at work in the development … of firms' knowledge base matter in reducing the likelihood of a failure event. Knowledge coherence and variety appear to …

bases, like coherence, cognitive distance and variety. By combining the literature on the knowledge spillovers of …