behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour … of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy … innovation given at the 10th anniversary of the Udevalla conference. It is the finest set of conference papers I have seen in the …

In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as … been substantially increased investments in research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge and new technologies … and increased investments in diffusing existing knowledge by means of education and thereby raising the volume of human …

& Barbara Scozzi -- Knowledge creation and innovation in medium technology clusters / Riccardo Cappelin -- Invention, innovation … innovation / Alina Lidén -- Innovation, productivity and export : evidence from Italy / Roberto Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli … -- Profiting from the breakthrough : technology commercialisation in the global age / Samantha Sharpe -- Innovation and regional …

behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour … of firms in a knowledge economy …

1. Introduction : innovation, technology and knowledge / Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson and Roger R. Stough -- 2 … performance / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl SØRENSEN -- 6. Knowledge integration and network structure : modelling innovation …. Three stories about national systems of innovation / Alina Liden -- 3. Innovation, productivity and export evidence from …

clusters, industrial networks and regional innovation systems. This book will appeal to academics and researchers of knowledge … the knowledge involved in their creation is likely to be dispersed and distributed between many individuals and over … numerous locations. The authors argue that even if one assumes that the internal knowledge base is of strategic importance to …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …