two activities: knowledge search and knowledge deployment. We predict theoretically that domestic firms have advantages … when they search for knowledge due to their embeddedness in the host country. However, this increased embeddedness reduces … the degree of novelty of their knowledge pool. Foreign MNC subsidiaries therefore have advantages in knowledge deployment …

/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …

The rise of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) may be considered as one of the decisive trends of economic … subsystem approach to input-output matrix analysis to study the vertical integration of knowledge-based business services into … integration between KIBS and manufacturing sectors along what we could define as a "knowledge-based value chain", the easier the …

Countries deploy a variety of financial, regulatory and soft policy instruments to promote science-industry knowledge … framework to map policy instruments for knowledge exchange and assess the interactions between them. The framework also …

which these companies seek for new knowledge is a key determinant for their R&D location decision. However, technological … their knowledge base. Furthermore, top R&D investors worldwide target countries with comparative advantages in emerging …

in the creation of knowledge and technology in the economy. The mobility of labor between these firms and the rest of the … economy is therefore an important mechanism for the diffusion of knowledge. This paper analyses in great detail the flow of … extent kept out of the 'knowledge spillover' loop, which provide them with fewer opportunities to learn from the R …

This report aims to shed light on the role of markets and networks for knowledge-based assets. Knowledge Networks and … utilisation of knowledge in its multiple forms. This document provides new evidence on the knowledge-sourcing strategies of firms …. It proposes a conceptual framework for understanding how KNMs support knowledge flows and the transfer of intellectual …