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 …

Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 … Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital … structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment growth in metropolitan areas 115 -- 8 Employment, wages and R …

relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain … service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual re-working of the ways in which these are measured. They also … highlight the important role of knowledge in the production system and in doing so make an important contribution to a key …

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 …

. Using evolutionary theory, she advances the argument that knowledge spillovers operate locally. Computer-simulations analyse … 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 …

clusters, industrial networks and regional innovation systems. This book will appeal to academics and researchers of knowledge … 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 …

relationship between power, knowledge and time, in the context of capital accumulation and distribution. Michèle Javary presents a … explores current issues relating to the dynamics of technical change, innovation, learning and institutional change by reviving …

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 … relationships between labour markets, innovation and technical change …