This paper tests the importance of firm level knowledge and neighborhood diversity, as a source for localized knowledge … points to the importance of absorptive capacity. However, firm characteristics, such as the knowledge of the own employees …

This paper proposes a framework to analyze knowledge creation in traditional sectors and empirically test innovation … ease of learning and promote absorptive capacity and knowledge, which in turn fosters innovation in SMEs in traditional … external network in terms of knowledge and innovation. JEL Codes: D83, O31, J24, L1, C25 …

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 …

This paper focuses on the role of knowledge within the process of growth and job creation in the European Union. Many … features of the so-called knowledge-based economy are connected with the increasing use of information and communication … technologies (ICT), that radically changes the conditions for the production and distribution of knowledge as well as its coupling …

The purpose of this research article was to explore the influence of knowledge and skills of human resource on the … the significant effect of human knowledge and skills partially or not, whereas F test was applied to test whether the … effect will be simultaneous. Results showed that knowledge and skills of human resources have significant and simultaneous …

area GDP per capita. Second, we develop measures of human capital that reflect the types of knowledge within U ….S. metropolitan areas. Regional knowledge stocks related to the provision of producer services and information technology are …