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 … many companies, most of the knowledge used by the majority of companies is developed outside the company. Since much …

of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy … past 25 years. These are artfully woven together into three primary areas. The first focuses on the role of knowledge and …

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 …

disparities-a survey of regional growth drivers and economic performance / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sørensen -- Knowledge … & Barbara Scozzi -- Knowledge creation and innovation in medium technology clusters / Riccardo Cappelin -- Invention, innovation …