Knowledge flows percolation model – a new model for the relation between knowledge and innovation

Daniela Popescul

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Abstract: The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a Physics-borrowed model, trying to prove whether knowledge resources can „flow” (be percolated) in a network or a grid, in order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model centre, human beings are seen as thinking electrons, both consuming and generating knowledge flow. Through the inter-dependent actions of individuals, knowledge circulates inside different types of organisations, allowing functioning and innovating in order to obtain competitive advantages. The model can be extended also at a national level, and some assumptions of self similarity appear in this process of extension. The model must be seen as a proposal for the research community and as a basis for future observations regarding the importance of knowledge flows in innovation.

Keywords: technological innovation; knowledge; knowledge flows; knowledge flows percolation model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 M12 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-06-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ino, nep-knm and nep-sbm
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Published in Proceedings of The 18th International Business Information Management Association Conference (Innovation and Sustainable Economic Competitive Advantage: From Regional Development to World Economies), June 9-10, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey (2012): pp. 445-453

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