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 …

Recent studies of knowledge production have increasingly recognized the role of codified knowledge in the operation of … social organizations. Much of the knowledge resident in organizations exists as tacit knowledge, that is, as knowledge that … goes unrecorded. Typically such knowledge is carried as the personal expertise of employees, passed along to other …

stocks positively associated with AI innovation but not vice versa. The impact of the two forms of knowledge capital on firm …This paper explores the contributions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quantum Computing (QC) knowledge capital to … the production of knowledge and the produc- tion of output within firms. Using the Artificial Intelligence Patent Dataset …

In this book, the authors trace the contours of knowledge and innovation in Africa from the founding civilisations to … today’s current realities, and then set out the drivers of change that can be expected to shape innovation systems on the … of, and access to, knowledge in Africa. Taken together, they focus on the trend of regional and international wireless …

' 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 the dissipation of knowledge … leads to high market concentration and markups, falling labor share and decelerating productivity only when knowledge …

In this paper we explore the concept of informal innovation by investigating it both on the input (activities) and … output (impact) side of the innovation process. Informal innovation is defined as innovation that is not explicitly planned … and budgeted and therefore remains largely hidden in (aggregate) innovation data. We take a statistical approach to reveal …

diversity. Does this trend affect innovation? I use patent data to disentangle these two sources of knowledge diversity in teams …Inventor teams increasingly attain diverse knowledge from a combination of non-overlapping members -- across …-individual knowledge diversity -- as opposed to from individuals holding broad expertise themselves -- within-individual knowledge …

Using the Chilean Innovation Survey for 2019-2020, this work studies the effects of different knowledge sources on a … government agencies. These findings contribute to the understanding of how different knowledge sources shape innovation outputs … range of innovation outputs. Findings reveal distinct impacts of sourcing information from competitors, customers, and …

By applying the evolutionary economic geography approach and focusing on the organizational dimension of the knowledge … knowledge dynamics unfold in time and space and lead to innovative change. The article focuses on the connections of cumulative … and combinatorial knowledge dynamics at the micro level of firms and other organizations. The empirical results base on …