these issues empirically, based on a harmonized survey of innovation activities of more than 1,800 firms located in Portugal …International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic … of discussion among academics and practitioners. Most research in this field focuses on knowledge sharing activities of …

design (and redesign) for entrepreneurship in innovation-driven knowledge economy. … encouraging, supporting, and advancing knowledge production (research, research and experimental development, R&D) and knowledge … application (innovation). The academic firm interprets and qualifies a disciplinary (interdisciplinary) variety of the background …

. However, the key determinant of their efficacy is the quality and quantity of entrepreneurship-enabled innovation that unlocks … advantage and prosperity. In this volume, the authors define the terms and principles of knowledge creation, diffusion, and use … which government, academia, industry, and civil society are seen as key actors promoting a democratic approach to innovation …

Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous … and that these moderate the relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. Based on a sample of 4,500 firms from 13 … European countries we find that search patterns in low-technology industries focus on market knowledge while they are built …

strategic knowledge arbitrage competences. From the pre-market perspectives of R&D and innovation management through successful …. The successful technology entrepreneur (term of art for Strategic Knowledge Arbitrage and Serendipity (SKARSE™) enactors … them into opportunities. In so doing, the entrepreneurs leverage strategic knowledge serendipity factors and practice …

for innovation at home. We suggest a combination of three factors to identify and explain such innovation strategies … customers as a source for innovation that is more beneficial to standardized products and becomes more feasible if the lead … regulation. Hence, companies optimize or augment their innovation activities by invoking ideas from foreign suppliers. Then again …

The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …