Foundations of the Knowledge Economy

Edited by Knut Ingar Westeren

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This book presents new evidence concerning the influential role of context and institutions on the relations between knowledge, innovation, clusters and learning. From a truly international perspective, the expert contributors capture the most interesting and relevant aspects of knowledge economy.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780857937711
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Developments in the Analysis of the Knowledge Economy: Introductory Comments

Knut Ingar Westeren

Ch 2 The Changing Role of Knowledge in the Knowledge Economy: Concepts of Knowledge and Knowledge Management

Hans Siggaard Jensen

Ch 3 Growth of the Knowledge-based Economy in a Two-person Non-cooperative Game

Hanas A. Cader and John C. Leatherman

Ch 4 Innovation: From Schumpeter to the Knowledge Economy

Knut Ingar Westeren

Ch 5 Star Scientists and Regional Knowledge Transfer

Michaela Trippl and Gunther Maier

Ch 6 Firm Productivity in Innovative Urban Milieus

Frank Oort and Otto Raspe

Ch 7 Not Being There: Why Local Innovation is Not (Always) Related to Local Factors

Richard Shearmur

Ch 8 Innovation and Creative Leadership in Local Government

Jan Ole Vanebo and Alex Murdock

Ch 9 How to Improve the Region’s Ability to Learn: A Micro-level Model on Regional Actor's Knowledge and (Informal) Learning Processes

Manfred Walser and Roland Scherer

Ch 10 Managing the New Knowledge Workers

Kjell-åge Gotvassli

Ch 11 What Drives Skill-biased Regional Employment Growth in West Germany?

Alexander Cordes

Ch 12 Clusters and Cluster Development in the Knowledge Economy

Andreas Cornett

Ch 13 International Virtual Industry Clusters and SMEs: Early Process Policy Recommendations

Meir Russ and Jeannette K. Jones

Ch 14 The Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Process: A Poultry Cluster in the Western Region of the State of Parana, Brazil

Jefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto, Knut Ingar Westeren and Clarissa Pereira Junqueira

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