arrives at a realistic middle ground between the two extremes. The dance between hierarchy and employee empowerment exists in …1. Introduction -- 2. The hierarchical theory of the firm -- 3. The knowledge problem in firms -- 4. Spontaneous order …

pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and …

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 …

historical investigations of knowledge networks and empirical analysis of contemporary networks, to the analysis of the diffusion … of innovations using simulation and analytic models and of the diffusion of knowledge using patent data …pt. 1. General introduction -- pt. 2. Path dependence in technical change -- pt. 3. The economics of knowledge -- pt. 4 …

highlight the important role of knowledge in the production system and in doing so make an important contribution to a key …