This study was prepared by Elke Lüdemann while she was working in the Department Human Capital and Innovation of the …

This paper proposes a framework to analyze knowledge creation in traditional sectors and empirically test innovation … ease of learning and promote absorptive capacity and knowledge, which in turn fosters innovation in SMEs in traditional … external network in terms of knowledge and innovation. JEL Codes: D83, O31, J24, L1, C25 …

The purpose of this research is to examine a driving force behind innovation, human capital, which we contend is useful … in identifying and exploiting opportunities in both goods and services contexts. Traditional predictors of innovation … theory, this research proposes that investment in employees is an innovation predictor that embraces the nuances of both …

This chapter intends to demonstrate that the Stockholm region is the key centre for knowledge development, innovations … tasks associated with a job. Moreover, the knowledge intensity of an ur-ban region can be related to the absorption capacity … creative ideas and a larger absorptive capacity. This allows the Stockholm region to function as a source of innovation and …

attention give by both volumes to innovation and education -- two areas that are generally felt to be very important in terms of …

. Taking these problems into account it re-evaluates the performance of entrepreneurial firms in terms of innovation, job …

Poor productivity performance has been identified as a significant issue for New Zealand, and innovation is seen as a … key mechanism for improving productivity growth. Understanding the drivers of firm innovation therefore represents an … important step towards improving New Zealand’s economic performance. In this paper, we combine firm-level innovation data with …

are used to analyze the determinant factors related to improvements in innovation and productivity. Our results indicate … that increasing technology and knowledge through a “black box” process is related to an increase in productivity …. Furthermore, the protection and management of production knowledge and expertise is a valid method of increasing global technical …