this disconnect is the growing dispersion in productivity growth, innovation effort, and digitalization across and within … sectors. Asia has risen to become an innovation powerhouse, contributing to more than half of world patents. The rise of Asia … competition and innovation, including through trade, supports innovation and help close productivity gaps for firms closer to the …

that creativity, invention and innovation are manifested and flourish in select American, European, and Asian knowledge …-based innovation networks and knowledge clusters. This book will present a number of conceptual and emperical studies from the USA …, Europe and Asia, that contribute to a better understanding of the role of knowledge in the theory and practice of …