nurtured by internationally-oriented entrepreneurial founders enable these firms to develop cutting-edge knowledge intensive …

There is a well known saying: Research converts money into knowledge, innovation converts knowledge into money ….The knowledge-based economy has four pillars: innovation, education, the economic and institutional regime, and … the free movement of knowledge. Therefore, the EUdecision on the establishment of the European Institute of Innovation and …

.The knowledge-based economy has four pillars: innovation, education, the economic andinstitutional regime, and information … the free movement of knowledge. Therefore, the EU decision on theestablishment of the European Institute of Innovation and …There is a well known saying: Research converts money into knowledge, innovationconverts knowledge into money …

fundamental, antecedent role of internalising appropriate information and translating it into relevant knowledge. Based on case … studies of internationalising firms, we advance a conceptualisation of information internalisation and knowledge creation …

and innovation play in determining multinational and multinational subsidiary performance. The present research seeks to … understand the organizational paths leading to such desirable outcomes as greater learning, increased innovation and improved … subsidiary autonomy and innovation. A particular feature of these findings is that they can be shown to be robust after …

This paper analyses the main institutional mechanisms that foster the emergence andperformance of firms in knowledge … technological capabilities and how state support plays acritical role in enabling this in the case of knowledge intensive industries …; it is the ability of the state to set up institutions that reflect a harmony between knowledge and physical …

The central question of this book deals with the issue how knowledge that is newly generated within the scientific … system can be applied within the economic system of an economy. Knowledge is the basis for innovations and innovations are … the engine for economic development, prosperity and finally growth. The economic application of new knowledge normally …

innovation which has been under-researched despite the widespread recognition of the critical role of innovation for sustained … evolution of innovation within the economic and management literatures. It then examines previous work on human resource … management (HRM), HRD and innovation. The paper then provides a brief overview of the articles for this issue focussing on HRD …