This article analyzes the contribution of high-growth firms (HGFs) to the process of knowledge creation. We articulate a demand-pull innovation framework in which knowledge creation is driven by sales growth, and knowledge stems from creative recombination. Building on the literature on HGFs and...

[eng] We review the literature and explain (1) how the analytical foundations of corporate governance have been codified into operational scores and metrics, and (2) how the generalization of these scores and metrics has gradually led to the preparation of databases supporting decision-making by...

This paper analyzes the emergence of new technology-based sectors at the regional level focusing on nanotechnology, an infant technology whose evolution can be traced on the basis of patent application filings. We employ a methodological framework based on the ‘product-space’ approach, to...

In this introduction, we review the arguments that underpin the rationale for the special section, and provide a structured sequence for the contents of the six selected papers that comprise the section.

L'analyse économique offre deux visions distinctes de la notion de concurrence, que l'on peut faire correspondre plus largement à deux écoles d'appréhension des phénomènes économiques. Dans l'analyse traditionnelle, tout d'abord, la concurrence est définie et étudiée comme un état du...

In this paper, we present a methodology to represent and measure knowledge which takes into account knowledge heterogeneity and its sectoral level theoretical and empirical implications in knowledge intensive environments. We draw on work on recombinant knowledge, extending the approach to...

This paper investigates the impact of eco-innovation on firms’ growth processes, with a special focus on gazelles, i.e. firms’ showing higher growth rates than the average. In a context shaped by more and more stringent environmental regulatory frameworks, we posit that inducement mechanisms...