influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also …In this paper, we focus on the connections between creativity, social capital and economic performance and growth. Our … working hypothesis is that both creativity and social capital influences the economy, both each per se, but also through their …

An extensive amount of studies have been devoted to the importance of the creative process. Creativity is critical to … research and in particular to innovation, a key feature of economic competitiveness. Most of the previous studies have dealt … with the creativity of individuals, the creativity of teams and the importance of the organisational context. This chapter …

This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of “creativity” -- the production of new knowledge. We analyze commercial … and spatial factors in influencing creativity: Patent activity is increased in larger and more dense labor markets and in … creativity is greater in labor markets with more diverse employment bases and in those which contain a larger share of national …

. Implementing a dynamic panel data approach on Swedish micro data, we test the separate and complementary effect of innovation and … innovators, temporary innovators and non-innovators. The results are consistent regardless of whether innovation efforts are …

Recent literature on firm innovation emphasize the importance of combinations of different knowledge sources in … innovation processes. Moreover, the literature on firm collaboration has evolved stepwise: (1) knowledge networks tend to be … important. By using data from a survey on innovation and collaboration of 636 firms in the county of Jönköping, Sweden, we find …

innovation output, as measured by firm patent applications. The effect is particularly strong for knowledge workers that have …

Innovation networking has become both more feasible with improved telecommunication and more important as it usually … innovation networks are not very common. In addition, the pattern of innovative networks is very fragmented. Our results indicate … that innovation networks are more likely to exist in densely populated areas with a diversified industry. Face …

This paper analyses the aspects of spatial economics that deals with innovation, regional specialization and dynamic … systems of functional regions and in particular the contributions made by the economist Börje Johansson. The innovation aspect … consists of innovation networks, knowledge sources and knowledge sinks, cost and innovation of product characteristics and …

stages. First, an invention or innovation is generated, and then it is developed and commercialized to create benefits for … innovation inputs to processes that generate regional productivity and productivity gains. We also find that the most effective …