Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge … network to participate in global knowledge ows and to increase success in idea generation, invention and innovation. In this … chapter, we review the literature on two of the most important channels of international knowledge diffusion in the field of …

The emergence and evolution of a technology is intimately related to it's knowledge base. A knowledge base shows … certain dynamics and evolves over time. Knowledge accumulation, especially the in-flow of knowledge from sources external to … an industry, is crucial for the technology's knowledge base evolution in terms of initiating, redirecting and refreshing …