correlated to the size of investment of the innovation projects and the level of seniority is positively associated to the most … innovative projects. The seniority of champions explains positively the innovation success, but the hierarchical level has no …

Universities are widely recognized as a critical source of technological innovation and are heralded for the … knowledge generated within academic laboratories. Such firms—and the societal and economic benefits they create—are an important …

concepts cited in the title. We consider the history of the idea that knowledge is an economic factor, and discuss the question … of whether regions provide the relevant system of reference for knowledge-based economic development. Current …

groups of 50 variables (knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship, business foundation, cultural framework, creative magnetism … extensive literature search. Its purpose is to rank cities in Latin America on their capability to create knowledge …

(measured as proximity to large centres of population) increasingly matters in the knowledge economy, then there may be no …

promoting innovation. We consider that these knowledge externalities depend on firms’ internal efforts and strategies, since … easily incorporate existing knowledge in the park and improve their product innovation. Secondly, results also seem to … indicate that product innovation is higher when firms with internal R&D efforts can share knowledge on a reciprocal basis with …

colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using three matched worker-firm data sets from Benin … the rate of knowledge diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal and much higher in Benin, but part of the …