have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in … several different countries. As illustrated by the so-called ‘anchor-tenant’ hypothesis, they can be described as “knowledge …

paper we explore the links between the systematic search for knowledge and the persistence of profits. By investing in … systematic search for knowledge through research and development. …

Knowledge is maintained as a core variable for growth in a large set of contemporary theories. In this paper, we … analyze the relationship between knowledge accessibility and regional growth. The knowledge resource used in our model R … actual travel time distances. Using data at the municipality level in Sweden, the hypothesis that knowledge accessibility has …

Information and knowledge are essential to the decision making of firms. However, information is a primitive in the … formation of knowledge. Information and the related concepts of risk and surprise are primarily of importance for rational … decision making while knowledge is a form of (non-material) capital to be used as a resource in the transformation of different …

strategy and knowledge resources. The study aims at confirming that firms with a strategy with R&D persistency have a markedly … knowledge milieu may augment the performance of firms. The third question concerns knowledge exchange in regional and global …

This paper tests the importance of firm level knowledge and neighborhood diversity, as a source for localized knowledge … spillovers, on firms propensity to innovate. Diversity is measured in terms of industries as well as employee education and … occupation, of which the results show a positive neighborhood effect from diversity in education. In addition, an added positive …

located at Gwangju region in Korea. Our empirical results show that a firm’s industry characteristics, such as machinery and …

with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In the text, we stress the importance to … understand the current changes of the global and their implications for knowledge generation and innovation. Treating knowledge … as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation …

and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In particular, we highlight how the global scene is changing in the … contemporary world economy that we char-acterize as a knowledge economy. We show how knowledge and knowledge dynamics is driving …

This study examines how firms’ internal and external knowledge sources affect the introduction of new export products …’ export performance is influenced by internal knowledge, and the knowledge potential in the local and regional environment. In … the present study the knowledge milieu of the exporting firm is the local and regional knowledge potential that is …