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 …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

We analyze the spatial diffusion of knowledge in laser technology in West Germany from 1960, when this technology began … of laser knowledge was especially prevalent in large agglomerations. While we cannot detect knowledge spillovers from … research later, indicating the accumulation of knowledge generated in previous periods. Our results highlight the role of a …

drive innovation. …

closely connected with changing knowledge and property rights. The internationalization of markets as a consequence of …

and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic … multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven …This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation …