This paper tests the importance of firm level knowledge and neighborhood diversity, as a source for localized knowledge … points to the importance of absorptive capacity. However, firm characteristics, such as the knowledge of the own employees …

This chapter intends to demonstrate that the Stockholm region is the key centre for knowledge development, innovations … tasks associated with a job. Moreover, the knowledge intensity of an ur-ban region can be related to the absorption capacity … creative ideas and a larger absorptive capacity. This allows the Stockholm region to function as a source of innovation and …

provided, and an examination of the spatial distribution. While there is a close relation between larger markets and knowledge …

"Chen and Dahlman assess the effects of knowledge on economic growth. By using an array of indicators, each of which … represents an aspect of knowledge, as independent variables in cross-section regressions that span 92 countries for the period … 1960 to 2000, they show that knowledge is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth. In particular, the …

innovation-driven economy. Part 2 describes the policies to be implemented in key areas of the knowledge economy: governance … improved their global competitiveness by taking the first steps in the direction of the knowledge economy. The World Bank Group … entrepreneurial economies, preparing a better-educated and skilled population, improving capabilities for innovation and research, and …

"This book illustrates new approaches to service innovation and new methodologies from the knowledge science and system …New trends in service science and education for service innovation / Michitaka Kosaka, Kunio Shirahada -- A concept of … -- Modeling of service value creation based on multidisciplinary framework / Kotaro Nakamura -- The dynamics of knowledge co …

-system innovation management: concepts and applications / Oliver Yu -- Knowledge and quality innovation in the health sector: the role …-linguistic programming in nonprofit organizations: facilitating knowledge and learning capabilities for innovation / Eric Kong, Mark Farrell …-Martínez, Ignacio Fernández-De-Lucio -- The role of knowledge sharing on organisational innovation: an integrated framework / Kijpokin …

with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In the text, we stress the importance to … understand the current changes of the global and their implications for knowledge generation and innovation. Treating knowledge … as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation …