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 …

pt. 1. Core linkages in the genesis of innovation: the knowledge dimension -- pt. 2. Military-based innovation networks … -- pt. 3. From knowledge to market: systemic links at the local level …

pt. I. How to capitalize knowledge -- pt. II. Triple helix in the knowledge economy …

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 …

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

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 systems. The authors address the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion, including perspectives from … in the knowledge economy and society / Elias G. Carayannis -- 6. Towards a communicative theory of diverse innovation … : diversification of innovative efforts in Norwegian firms / Eric J. Iversen -- 10. Heterogeneity and knowledge-intensive business …

The "knowledge economy" is a concept commonly deemed too ambiguous and elusive to hold any significance in current … leading scholars, this innovative volume visibly demonstrates that knowledge and information are a prime resource in driving … knowledge-based economy and the triple helix model / Loet Leydesdorff -- 3. Reputation, leadership and communities of practice …

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 …

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 …