complementarities ; knowledge based economy ; labor law ; property rights …

knowledge embedded in the work itself, called ICP (Indagine Campionaria sulle Professioni), the latter being comparable to the U … locus of knowledge generation. It is also weak in terms of collaborative and worker involvement practices, and possibility …, and knowledge as the most relevant attributes characterizing the division of labour. …

This paper adopts sociometric analysis to explore the process of knowledge acquisition and diffusion in clusters of … firms. By comparing the knowledge systems of two clusters selected for being at different stages of their development path …, this study shows that the knowledge system of the laggard cluster is weak, highly disconnected and vulnerable, while in the …

the relation between the introduction of innovation and subsequent firm growth in terms of sales. Recent contributions … examining the returns to innovation on firm performance have stressed the need of going beyond the analysis of the "average … adopt quantile treatment effects (QTE) which allow to estimate the effect of the introduction of innovation by comparing …

and knowledge, considered as key inputs to foster economic growth. Then, attention will be turned to structural change and … innovation, trying to map - using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature - the concrete ways through which a … into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international technological …

a "great transformation" entails a major process of accumulation of knowledge and capabilities, both at the levels of … with the problem-solving knowledge embodied in organizations - concerning e.g. production technologies, the technical and … directions of knowledge accumulation during the catch-up process and the ensuing effects upon the patterns of production and …

This paper studies the causal relations between regional employment growth in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services …

the fundamental (and still poorly understood) role played by innovation in the finance-growth nexus. …

- using different taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature - the concrete ways through which an emerging country … where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international technology transfer. In the second part …

interpretative achievements stemming from e.g. the economics of innovation, industrial economics, epistemilogy of knowledge, economic … dynamic coupling between technological learning, forms of corporate organization and economic evolution. -- Innovation …