This paper describes how entrepreneurial firms can use superior architectural knowledge to open up a technical system …

knowledge work and reveals the challenges inherent in manipulating network structure to enhance performance, as the …

In knowledge-intensive settings such as product or software development, fluid teams of individuals with different sets … diversity in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base, but also creates coordination …

of knowledge acquisition and knowledge application. While variation in experience may permit the acquisition of valuable … knowledge, additional mechanisms may be necessary to enable the subsequent application of that knowledge in a team setting. We … mechanism for uniting knowledge acquisition and knowledge application and provides insight into how the management of experience …

to fostering innovation. …

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

the R&D-to-patenting innovation process and a close analysis of the strengths and limitations of the Industry R&D Survey …&D platform can be linked to the operating performances of each firm’s establishments, further facilitating innovation …

agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends …