@article{Gochermann2004,
  author    = {Josef Gochermann},
  title     = {Enhancement of Knowledge through Circulation in Networks of R\&D Institutions and Companies},
  series   = {Industry \& Higher Education},
  volume    = {18},
  number    = {3},
  pages     = {299 -- 307},
  year      = {2004},
  abstract  = {Companies and R\&D institutions increasingly collaborate not only in isolated projects but also in knowledge-based networks. In those networks, participants combine expertise and applied problems to generate both ‘problem-solving knowledge’ and specialized knowledge: during the process of common problem-solving each partner acquires some of the specialized knowledge of the other partners as well as the newly generated problem-solving knowledge. This article examines the basic principles involved and provides a simple mathematical description of the step-by-step accumulation of knowledge through the solving of applied problems in a knowledge-based network. The rate of increase of the total amount of available knowledge in the network is derived and implications for the orientation of R\&D institutes and companies are set out.},
  language  = {en}
}