nurtured by internationally-oriented entrepreneurial founders enable these firms to develop cutting-edge knowledge intensive …

There is a well known saying: Research converts money into knowledge, innovation converts knowledge into money ….The knowledge-based economy has four pillars: innovation, education, the economic and institutional regime, and … the free movement of knowledge. Therefore, the EUdecision on the establishment of the European Institute of Innovation and …

"Ethnoecologists have provided extensive documentation of the knowledge held by many indigenous communities regarding … knowledge sets in imminent danger of being eroded through the forces of modernization and globalization. Theoretical models … knowledge systems. These models are exploring the institutions and processes of socialecological networks that allow for …

This paper analyses the main institutional mechanisms that foster the emergence andperformance of firms in knowledge … technological capabilities and how state support plays acritical role in enabling this in the case of knowledge intensive industries …; it is the ability of the state to set up institutions that reflect a harmony between knowledge and physical …

fundamental, antecedent role of internalising appropriate information and translating it into relevant knowledge. Based on case … studies of internationalising firms, we advance a conceptualisation of information internalisation and knowledge creation …

and innovation play in determining multinational and multinational subsidiary performance. The present research seeks to … understand the organizational paths leading to such desirable outcomes as greater learning, increased innovation and improved … subsidiary autonomy and innovation. A particular feature of these findings is that they can be shown to be robust after …

This thesis groups three papers examining the role of multi-location firms in the geographic diffusion of knowledge …. The first chapter examines whether a firm's headquarters can tap into the knowledge pool in a remote location through FDI … “satellite effect” on knowledge diffusion is economically significant, representing 47% of the knowledge flow premium associated …

This article examines business practices focused on knowledge and innovation and the relationship of these business … knowledge and innovation-related business practices. Our analysis reveals that firms in each country can be categorised based on … their focus on knowledge and innovation as: (1) high focus; (2) moderate focus; or (3) low focus. Results indicate that …

This paper presents an aspect of ongoing research into the management of innovation as a business system, recognizing … that people are an important element of the total system that includes decision and knowledge subsystems. The word …. Some Australian case study material is drawn on to characterise the life cycle of an innovation and decisions relating to …