This paper investigates the processes by which scientific knowledge is created andlegitimized. It focuses on scientific … developments in a branch of medicine and exploresthe pathways through which the growth of knowledge enables advances in …

success of innovative firms. The analysis of conditions forlocalized knowledge appropriation and exploitation makes it …

knowledge underpinning its activities. In so doing welook beyond studies based on the assumption of exogenous networks and delve … perspective and views networks as constructs aimed at the coordination of knowledge;accordingly, network structure is an emerging …

“Production” and “transfer” of knowledge, and the role of institutions, are two major conceptual tenets of Innovation … on results of different disciplines, the paper critically discusses ‘knowledge’ and ‘institution’ concepts used in that …

Facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities ahead in the knowledge economy, managing knowledge has been a … priority for many organisations. Knowledge Management (KM) emerges and has quickly gained weight in research both from …

This paper argues for a radical new understanding of the topic generally referred to as Tacit Knowledge. On the basis … the tacit component in all use of skill and knowledge is more important for management than converting 'tacit knowledge … and knowledge related to new technologies, products, and processes.... …

In recent years notions like the ‘learning society’, ‘knowledge economy’, ‘information society’ have populated … management and organisation debates, particularly as knowledge and learning are increasingly promoted as the new sources of … efforts to ‘manage’ knowledge and support organisational and individual learning to meet strategic objectives.... …

competitive advantages (see, for example, Foss and Knudsen, 1996). In this approach, firms develop idiosyncratic knowledge and …

The aim of the present work is to study the evolution of organizational knowledge within Academic Spin-off (ASO) firms … throughout their life cycle. The exploitation of tacit and indivisible new knowledge developed in the context of academic …