Research in social sciences has shown that innovation has a territorial dimension that determines the dynamics of the … to the innovation process. Building on the innovation systems approach, we identified several actors who perform … intermediation functions in the innovation process and have been targeted for case studies. Our research uses a mixed methodology …

Knowledge spillovers have been recognized as an important source of innovation and economic growth in both industry and … knowledge and to produce more new ideas. Our results also indicate these productivity-enhancing characteristics do not seem to … be industry-specific. Finally, we find that high productivity firms are the only significant sources of knowledge …

of innovation systems in developing countries with a special focus on issues of agricultural poverty. Using examples … drawn from emergent knowledge markets in industrialised countries, the paper suggests that such an analytical approach …

capital considerations. In this paper we emphasize instead the role of complementary knowledge stocks and knowledge dynamics … innovation networks. To marshal evidence in this regard, we design a simple model of partner selection in which firms ally for …-based structural and strategic motives for partner selection and focus instead on the idea that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" for …

. External knowledge acquisition as well as internal knowledge building proved to be relevant, although the balance changed over … time. While initially acquisition and assimilation of external knowledge (potential absorptive capacity) were essential to … improve the existing coal cleaning processes, internal knowledge building was needed to come to real improvements in coal …

this radical innovation. Innovation trajectories were established and knowledge was incorporated, but the knowledge sources … on knowledge provided by the existing Dutch horticultural innovation network. While succeeding in the soft drink market …, decided to start producing non-alcoholic drinks made from fruits and vegetables. Different kinds of knowledge were needed for …

identification, assimilation, and exploitation of external knowledge. The population of companies belonging to a Spanish textile … district is studied. Findings suggest that information and knowledge that a company receives from external sources provide the … innovation capacity for the company. [image omitted] Exposito-Langa M., Molina-Morales F. X. et Capo-Vicedo J. La mise au point …

This paper investigates the relationship between knowledge sourcing and innovation in a select low- to medium … embodied and disembodied knowledge and levels of innovation intensity. Differences between single establishment Canadian firms … are studied in terms of the relationship between innovation and sources of knowledge. Findings indicate that establishment …

knowledge-intensive business service firms, I explore hypotheses about the organization of learning and innovation. Results from …This empirical study examines knowledge creation activities in business service firms. Using survey data of 167 Finnish … an exploratory factor analysis combined with regression analyses suggest that, first, collective application of knowledge …

Much of the Knowledge Management (KM) literature assumes that all relevant knowledge can be represented as information … knowledge that are frequently misrepresented or ignored in mainstream KM. By relating power and knowledge to 'rules of the game … related in the stretch between macro-level processes and micro-level practices. In the knowledge debate, Japan stands as a …