/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …

This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … CIS3 data on 3,247 innovative firms and applying several Knowledge Production Functions. It is confirmed that different … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the …

The central question of this book deals with the issue how knowledge that is newly generated within the scientific … system can be applied within the economic system of an economy. Knowledge is the basis for innovations and innovations are … the engine for economic development, prosperity and finally growth. The economic application of new knowledge normally …