economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy …This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers … the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge …

further elaborates the relationship between the economics of knowledge and the economics of innovation. The Encyclopedia … and the Arrovian economics of knowledge as indispensable ingredients to understanding innovation. The entries highlight … knowledge and innovation as it offers an understanding of the definitions of key terms in the field, the founding tenets of the …

-tech achievements. The authors argue that since commercialization has become the ultimate objective of innovation activity, the … innovation capability of the corporate sector. They go on to explore regions with the greatest scale and depth of high …

viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young …pt. I. Innovation and development -- pt. II. Scales in innovation systems : theoretical progress and empirical overview … -- pt. III. Building blocks in innovation systems in developing countries : challenges under globalization -- pt. IV. IS …

Readers with interests in managing knowledge- and innovation-intensive businesses and those who are seeking new … insights about how knowledge economies work will find this book an invaluable reference tool. Chapters deal with issues such as … open innovation, wellbeing, and digital work that managers and policymakers are increasingly asked to respond to …

Industrial innovation is essential for national and corporate competitiveness. Understanding the nature, determinants … and consequences of innovation is a key task of managers, public policymakers and all students of industry and business …pt. 1. The nature, sources and outcomes of industrial innovation -- pt. 2. Sectoral and industrial studies of …

The "knowledge economy" is a concept commonly deemed too ambiguous and elusive to hold any significance in current … leading scholars, this innovative volume visibly demonstrates that knowledge and information are a prime resource in driving … knowledge-based economy and the triple helix model / Loet Leydesdorff -- 3. Reputation, leadership and communities of practice …

M. Stern -- Multinational service firms and global strategy / Peter Enderwick -- Knowledge-intensive services and … innovation / Ian Miles -- Small and medium-sized enterprises and the consumption of traded (producer service expertise) versus … untraded knowledge and expertise / John R. Bryson & Peter W. Daniels -- Understanding the relationship between information …

's post-industrial economies; innovation as it relates to services …pt. I. Services and innovation : conceptual and analytical frameworks -- pt. II. The nature of innovation in services … : sectoral analyses and case studies -- pt. III. Organisational and strategic patterns for service innovation -- pt. IV …

competencies, radical innovation, corporate venture capital investment, the mentoring of high-tech entrepreneurs. The Handbook then …