The academic firm is a type of firm (firm-based organization or institution) that is being driven by focusing on encouraging, supporting, and advancing knowledge production (research, research and experimental development, R&D) and knowledge application (innovation). The academic firm interprets...

Entrepreneurship has long been seen as a major vehicle for economic development and growth and it has attracted researchers from a variety of disciplines with very diverse analytical approaches. The vast amount of research that has been conducted so far has raised certain pertinent questions...

"In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability to exchange, transfer, and share knowledge. This book provides research on the topic providing a foundation of an emerging and multidisciplinary field"--Provided by publisher.

1. Introduction: Asian knowledge economies / Dessy Irawati and Roel Rutten -- 2. Regional headquarters in ASEAN : do they add or destroy value? / Andreas Raharso and Minsi Goh -- 3. Location criteria evaluation and potential for regional treasury centres in Brunei Darussalam as a regional hub...