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 …

We present an equilibrium theory of the organization of work in an economywhere knowledge is an essential input in … designed to use and communicate their knowledge efficiently. Relativeto autarky, organization leads to larger cross … acquire knowledge lead to opposite implicationson wage inequality and organization than reductions in communication costs.[...] …

The knowledge economy is nothing new. As Chandler’s (1977) classic study documents,improvements in communication …

Hierarchies allow individuals to leverage their knowledge through others` time.This mechanism increases productivity … andorganization of U.S. lawyers and use an equilibrium model of knowledge hierarchiesinspired by Garicano and Rossi-Hansberg (2006) to …

The objective of data mining is the extraction of knowledge from databases. In practice, one often encounters … difficulties with models that are constructed purely by search, without incorporation of knowledge about the domain of application …

The assessment of knowledge derived from databases depends on many factors. Decision makers often need to convince … others about the correctness and effectiveness of knowledge induced from data.The current data mining techniques do not … contribute much to this process of persuasion.Part of this limitation can be removed by integrating knowledge from experts in the …

of those choices, namely, subunit interdependencies and knowledge transfer costs.We test our predictions with a …

This chapter explains and employs a constructivist, interactionist theory of knowledge that has come to be known as the … distance between firms for innovation by interaction. …