Although the role of universities in the knowledge society is increasingly significant, there remains a severe lack of …

- the strategic management perspective / Mitsuru Kodama -- 2. Developing boundaries knowledge (knowing) - the knowledge … creation perspective / Mitsuru Kodama -- 3. Knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation through boundaries knowledge … - new knowledge from the knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation perspectives / Mitsuru Kodama and Masashi Kimura …

the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis …--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and university networks, and concepts such as knowledge life cycles, experimental … knowledge creation, and knowledge ethics--are leading to a perception that regional economies increasingly resemble knowledge …

This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers … the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge … economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy …

knowledge-related issues by critically assessing existing institutional choices, as well as pointing to new ways forward …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Knowledge, production and regional development -- pt. III. Emerging institutional … settings, critical thinking and knowledge -- pt. IV. Creative activities : art, media, science, technology ... -- pt. V …

: innovations, knowledge transfer, industrial dynamics, structural change, international competitiveness, evolutionary game theory …

Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and … economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm … capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the extent of knowledge diffusion is an important determinant of economic …

economy. This insightful book explains the dynamics of regions in a global economy and sheds light on the role of knowledge in … driving regional growth. The author examines the way in which regions grow by receiving knowledge from surrounding regions …. Using evolutionary theory, she advances the argument that knowledge spillovers operate locally. Computer-simulations analyse …

Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that … competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge … into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer …

emphasis on knowledge-based services. This metamorphosis has not been easy. As well as major changes in the industrial sector … book. Although Taiwan is only in the initial stage of transition from a material- or capital-based economy to a knowledge … go on to reveal the problems and difficulties that Taiwan has encountered in creating itself a new knowledge based …