research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

, the quality of most patents is still low and innovation output is weak. Reforms are underway to address these problems but … knowledge economy. Among the priorities are more and better oriented funding of education, giving greater opportunities to … nurturing research and innovation. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of China www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-china.htm …

of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity, and the labour market. It …

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data … talent is a central ingredient for the production of knowledge. Second, such talented individuals born in low- or middle …-income countries are systematically less likely to become knowledge producers. Our findings suggest that policies to encourage …

negative impact on knowledge capital. These findings suggest that without appropriate policy responses, BC makes developing …

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are intermediary firms which specialise in knowledge screening, assessment … perceived by many as the natural by-product of modern knowledge economies within which increasing specialisation induces the … need for professional agents in the markets for external knowledge. This paper addresses critically a conceptual flaw in …

This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly important form of geographic … global demand for increasingly commoditized knowledge services. Based on prior research on clusters and services offshoring … commoditization of knowledge work on KSC growth: It is proposed that KSCs attract most projects if service commoditization is medium …

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 …

knowledge accumulates as technology progresses, then successive generations of innovators may face an increasing educational … negative implications for growth. I develop a formal model of this knowledge burden mechanism and derive six testable … sufficiently rapid increase in the burden of knowledge. In cross-section, the model predicts that specialization and teamwork will …