speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this …

Progress in our understanding of the role of knowledge in the economy, based on Nelson and Winter's book published in …

innovation at the sectoral level. Despite considerable interest in David and Foray's (1995) work on the codification of knowledge …This paper explores ongoing debates about the role that codified forms of knowledge play in fostering firms' and … and the changing nature of innovation due to the use of information and communication technologies, there are relatively …

The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the sources of entrepreneurship and its … consequences with regard to economic performance. This paper extends this theory and links it to innovation performance. We propose … that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into innovative products while it has no …

This paper uses a cognitive theory of firms and organizations, with a focus on learning and innovation.Here, cognition … collaboration between firms, for learning and innovation, in the combination of capabilities between rather than within the firm …

. This paper investigates a dual facet of the exploratory component of R&D activities with regards to innovation failures …: while exploration increases firms’ exposure to failure, it also provides learning opportunities to curve down innovation … failures. This paper contributes to organizational learning and innovation management research by proposing that firms …

Research evidence confirms that the accumulation of knowledge contributes to the competitive advantage of firms. In the … strategy consulting industry, one of the most knowledge-intensive professional services industries, however, established firms … that exploited their knowledge accumulation by adding exploitative consulting practices have found their performance has …

Managing through projects has become important for generating new knowledge to cope with technological and market … discontinuities. This paper examines how the fit between the creation of technological and market knowledge and important project … knowledge contributed to the failure of those NBD-projects that required new market knowledge as well. The findings indicate …