International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of … MNC subsidiaries. Relatively little is known about their capabilities for protecting valuable knowledge from spilling over …

of the discipline, begins by discussing "knowledge" as an economic good and the historical development of the knowledge … chapters include forms of knowledge production, codification and infusion, incentives and institutions for the efficient … production of knowledge (including discussions of private markets and "open" sources), and knowledge management as a new …