network analysis to explore the structural properties of knowledge networks in three wine clusters in Italy and Chile. The …-related knowledge is diffused in clusters in a highly selective and uneven way. This pattern is found to be related to the heterogeneous … and asymmetric distribution of firm knowledge bases in the clusters. …

activities aimed at commercializing university generated knowledge. From this perspective, we contend that an analysis of the … creation of research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) must take place within a context of the specific knowledge base around which the … new venture is formed. Two distinct knowledge bases are identified: analytical (science-based) knowledge and synthetic …

Informal networks are often emphasized as facilitating knowledge transfer. However, we find that formal networks also … contribute significantly to knowledge transfer, and in fact contribute more than informal networks. This is particularly the case … when knowledge is transferred between units. Additional analysis shows a synergetic effect between formal and informal ties …

The contribution focuses on the problem of the influence of individual knowledge and beliefs on the working of economic …

society” should be. Firstly, the framework of knowledge economy has not yet been defined and analysts remain divided on the …? Should knowledge be considered as a public good or as a marketable one (section 1). Secondly, the consequences of the … more often implicitly) related to the prospect of a Knowledge Economy, part of the debate is purely endogenous to the …

knowledge and economic growth and / or emphasize the importance of human capital in the growth process. These models take … account of technological change, the accumulation of knowledge and externalities. At the same time they highlight the …

the patents: Publication of patents participates to the building of a collective knowledge stock on which the innovations …