asymmetry, innovation, and knowledge economy. Digital divide in this context mainly causes disadvantages in regard to growth and …Access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) enables the production, use and transfer of knowledge in an … efficient and low cost manner. Knowledge is the major factor in the knowledge economy and countries that have limited access to …

development; it is about innovation, without which competitiveness is unthinkable. Romania is part of the "catching-up" group of … countries in innovation. In order to assume new responsibilities and to prepare for the competition with other European … analyze the situation of innovation at EUlevel and to see at what chapters our authorities must to work harder to equalize the …

' access to new and better capital goods depends on the knowledge gap, i.e., the wedge between the firm's technical knowledge … knowledge diffusion subsequently leading to declining business dynamism. Our findings indicate that only when knowledge … markups, falling labor share and productivity growth. Patents are an important obstacle to knowledge diffusion. We find an …

In recent years, innovation processes involve more heterogenous actors inside and outside the firm. Little is known … however about the spatial impact of this organisational decomposition of innovation processes (ODIP): Does it lead to a … geographical dispersion of innovation activities as well? Furthermore, which parts of the innovation process are carried out …

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 …

This paper analyses the influence of in-house R&D and external knowledge acquisition on the total factor productivity … with domestic partners. We do not find a significant effect for employing inventors with access to international knowledge … or for collaborating with international partners. International knowledge acquisition is only effective if conducted via …

The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a … order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen … importance of knowledge flows in innovation …

the potential economic benefits that would be achieved by enhancing knowledge asset pledgeability to provide R …&D-intensive firms with less costly debt financing. My results indicate that a small increase in the pledgeability of knowledge assets … benefits to innovating firms and a profound boost to technological innovation. Suggesting an essential connection between …

This paper examines the use of innovation protection mechanisms in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). By starting … from a knowledge-based view, the aim is to achive a better understanding of how the role perceived by innovating SMEs of … such as secrecy or lead time advantage are explored. This is because different knowledge protection practices must not only …

or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …