The aim of this paper is to add new findings to the knowledge based view of the firm, where the cross-learning ability …, especially in the present knowledge-based economy, where the necessity to respond effectively to frequent external shock (demand … in the determination of firm's performance is presented. Secondly, a missing ring in the knowledge based view of the firm …

capacity building in the origin country through knowledge transfer, innovation and technological change. The paper specifically … examines the needs, expectations and delivery of knowledge through the TRQN project in Afghanistan. …

skilled graduates in small, know-how-based firms can be instrumental in spurring innovation and upgrading changes in the firms … qualifications that can contribute positively. Graduates with other academic qualifications also hold potential for innovation and …

We model knowledge diffusion in a population of agents situated on a network, interacting only over direct ties. Some … (proportion of traders), the network structure (clustering, path length and degree distribution), and the scarcity of knowledge … connected agents do well when knowledge is scarce, agents in clustered neighbourhoods do well when it is abundant. The latter …

that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" in order for joint learning and innovation to be possible, and thus for an alliance … social capital considerations. In this paper we emphasize instead the role of complementary knowledge stocks (broadly defined …) in partner selection, arguing not only that knowledge complementarity should not be overlooked, but that is may be the …

colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and … for firm heterogeneity using firm factors derived from a principal component analysis. We find that the rate of knowledge …