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

economies /Nigel F.B. Allington and John S.L. McCombie --Knowledge externalities and growth in peripheral regions /Fabiana … Santos, Marco Crocco, and Frederico Jayme, Jr. --Knowledge, human capital and foreign direct investment in developing …

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 …

Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour gives rise to a new and richer institutional analysis of the … economy centred around the analysis of language, the division of labour and social knowledge. It is in this perspective that … of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The volume goes on to …

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 …

the knowledge involved in their creation is likely to be dispersed and distributed between many individuals and over … numerous locations. The authors argue that even if one assumes that the internal knowledge base is of strategic importance to … many companies, most of the knowledge used by the majority of companies is developed outside the company. Since much …

in the field such as profound uncertainty and the significance of knowledge in economics. This coherent and focused book …

The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge aims to reach a unique understanding of science with the help of economic and …

-skilled and low-skilled workers in the knowledge economy will be welcomed by economists and policymakers interested in the complex …

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 …