This paper assesses university efficiency from a multidimensional perspective. First, the study scrutinizes universities using an efficiency measure that incorporates knowledge transfer outputs in the objective function. Second, a cluster analysis complements the efficiency model giving a more...

This study verifies how knowledge is transferred among small businesses operating in industrial clusters, how this competitive resource circulates and is accessed within the cluster. Interfirm cooperation, industrial support institutions, workforce mobility and social ties, concepts highlighted...

The purpose of this paper was to examine the theory and practice of knowledge management processes, using the Olympic Games as the empirical setting and the Olympic Games Organizing Committee and its stakeholders as participants. The case study of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games was...

This paper deals with the growth processes, growth dimensions and the conditions for growth, especially for small and medium enterprises. It is presented the importance of a strong management mentality, capable of providing an adequate organizational planning and supporting competitive growth. A...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of knowledge transfer in Romanian Higher Education Organizations by focusing on aspects of leadership. The current economic and social contexts are under a process of transformation. Educational institutions make no exception, as they must...

The paper analyses the possible effects of organic agriculture on sustainable regional development in peripheral Eastern German regions, drawing on results from two recent research projects taking two different but complementary perspectives on the organic sector. One project, 'Regional wealth...

The global diffusion of new technology, the increasing use of Web 2.0 networking and cloud computing have enable organisations to exchange significant amounts of information and knowledge. The successful transfer of knowledge and innovation has become critical to organisational competitiveness...

This paper empirically explores, through the detailed study of a sample of Ellenic cases of international technology transfer arrangements, the relationship between firm economic performance and firm technological accumulation efforts. The logistic regression model used indicates that from the...

This paper conducts a comprehensive study of patent citations in patents granted to new economy firms in Belgium by the US and the EU Patent Offices using general qualitative response variable analysis, allowing for asymmetries in size and other characteristics. The citation data studied provide...

This study seeks to develop a dynamic theoretical framework for global competitiveness and to determine whether the enhancement of firm performance comes as a consequence of clustering at the location level, inter-organisational trust at the relationship level, or resource and knowledge...