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 …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

In this paper we analyze how firms’ knowledge absorption capacity – given the knowledge environment – affects the … theoretical arguments which imply that firms can influence the usefulness of their knowledge environment by establishing formal … and informal networks with input suppliers (especially suppliers of knowledge-intensive business services) and by …

and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic … multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven …This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation …

Accessibility to knowledge and local service markets can be assumed to explain regional growth performance. The role of …

In this paper, we analyze the relationship between knowledge accessibility and regional economic growth in Sweden. The … research question we ask in this paper is the following: can the variation between regions in knowledge accessibility in a … in the paper is that the potential for human interaction a various spatial scales transforms into potential knowledge …

This paper investigates the role of knowledge for successful entrepreneurship. The paper explicitly discusses the role … of R&D directed towards generating technological knowledge. Hence, the accessibility to such R&D are expected to have a … stronger influence on new firm formation than the accessibility to university R&D. Since knowledge can also be assumed to be …