isolation. Today, in the so-called knowledge economy, innovation ? more than most other economic activities ? depends on new … economic knowledge, which is perceived to be the basic ingredient of the innovative process. It follows that the increased … complexity of knowledge processes influences firms, because organizations need to be able to respond to the growing demand for …

The literature on trust, control and knowledge creation in seems to be moving towards a consensus. Trust is necessary … to create an open atmosphere for knowledge creation while control acts as a safeguard against malfeasance. Networks that … neglect either one often create less knowledge, such as new skills and products. Temporary networks, however, may have to …

communicated strategically to headquarters. The organization has an advantage in coordinating technologies across divisions and can … centralization) can be an optimal response to localized information within an organization. Generally, the decision to reallocate …

By applying the evolutionary economic geography approach and focusing on the organizational dimension of the knowledge … knowledge dynamics unfold in time and space and lead to innovative change. The article focuses on the connections of cumulative … and combinatorial knowledge dynamics at the micro level of firms and other organizations. The empirical results base on …

knowledge and ways of knowledge combination in innovation processes. Innovation Biographies allow capturing relationships …, contextual settings and different kinds of knowledge and enable insights into the evolvement and development of innovations. By … reconstructed including the evolution of related knowledge. Data collection is able to transcend sectoral as well as local, regional …

ongoing restructuring of global value chains and the changes in the organization of innovation 'combinatorial knowledge …The paper focuses on the territorial shaping of knowledge dynamics as one of the driving forces for innovation …. Knowledge dynamics are unfolding from processes of creation, use, transformation and diffusion of knowledge. Due to both the …

spatially or organisationally separated? To what extent are knowledge-creating activities subject to organisational … knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). Thereby we provide a conceptual contribution to the debate on the globalisation of …, multi-scalar nature. In analysing ODIP in a knowledge-intensive industry, we contribute to the debate about the ' new …

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 …

The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a … Physics-borrowed model, trying to prove whether knowledge resources can "flow" (be percolated) in a network or a grid, in … order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen …

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are widely argued to be important actors in innovation systems. They are … active both innovating themselves, and by providing their clients with important knowledge and learning opportunities. This … study uses survey data to investigate the mechanisms of knowledge transfer and innovativeness improvement through the …