Knowledge Spillovers in Regional Innovation Systems

Part I. Overview

1. The Effects of Cooperation and Knowledge Spillovers in Knowledge Environment
Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal

Part II. Evaluation and Assessment of Regional Innovation Systems

2. Assessing the Absorptive Capacity of Regional Innovation Systems: A Case Study of Lithuanian Regions
Vita Juknevičienė, Jurgita Mikolaitytė, Diana Šaparnienė

3. Regional Innovation Systems Analysis and Evaluation: The Case of the Czech Republic
Jan Stejskal, Helena Kuvíková, Beáta Mikušová Meričková

4. Identification of Intellectual Capital Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Piotr Pachura, Tomasz Nitkiewicz, Kvetoslava Matlovičová, René Matlovič

Part III. The Evolution and Dynamics of Regional Innovation Systems

5. The Evolution of Innovation Networks in Slovakia: Disintegration and Slow Recovery
Oto Hudec, Martina Prochádzková

6. International Collaboration and Spatial Dynamics of US Patenting in Central and Eastern Europe 1981–2010
Balázs Lengyel, Mariann Leskó

Part IV. The Economic and Social Impact of Knowledge Spillovers in Regional Innovation Systems

7. The Role of FDI in Regional Innovation and Its Influence on the Emergence of Knowledge Spillover Effects
Miroslav Šipikal, Milan Buček

8. The Influence of Financial Sourcing and Collaboration on Innovative Company Performance: A Comparison of Czech, Slovak, Estonian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Hungarian Case Studies
Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal, Petr Hajek

9. Methodological Dichotomy in the Studies of Knowledge Spillovers: CEE Region Under Focus
Paula Puskarova

Keywords: Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, European Integration, R & D/Technology Policy, Industrial Organization