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 …

entrepreneurship and economic growth literatures by developing a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Knowledge created … endogenously results in knowledge spillovers that give rise to opportunities to be identified and exploited by entrepreneurs. …

have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in … several different countries. As illustrated by the so-called ‘anchor-tenant’ hypothesis, they can be described as “knowledge …

correlated to the size of investment of the innovation projects and the level of seniority is positively associated to the most … innovative projects. The seniority of champions explains positively the innovation success, but the hierarchical level has no …

knowledge is learned, shared and used determines organizational innovation and effectiveness. In my dissertation, I build on …Knowledge is increasingly recognized as one of the most critical resources in the modern workplace, because the way … construal level theory to explore the relationship between workers’ roles and the types of knowledge that workers create and …

innovation output, as measured by firm patent applications. The effect is particularly strong for knowledge workers that have … application data, we provide new evidence that knowledge workers’ mobility has a positive and strongly significant impact on firm … previously worked in a patenting firm (the learning-by-hiring effect), but firms losing a knowledge worker are also shown to …

-ups from knowledge intensive business service (KIBS) firms with persistent R&D investments have a significantly increased … start in the same firm, indicating the importance of inherited related knowledge. The findings suggest that R&D intensive …