The present thesis develops a formal model of endogenous growth that incorporates costly knowledge codification as a … means of intergenerational knowledge transfer. It identifies the circumstances under which knowledge codification takes … knowledge codification is central to utilize the non-rivalry of ideas for economic growth. However, while the usual models of …

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 …

Die zentrale Fragestellung dieses Buches behandelt das Problem, wie neu erzeugtes Wissen aus dem System der … hinterher oder ist sogar r?ckl?ufig. Dieses Ph?nomen wird als L?cke zwischen Wissen und Handeln - der Knowing-Doing-Gap - im …The central question of this book deals with the issue how knowledge that is newly generated within the scientific …

knowledge was limited. The industrial revolution of past centuries was predominantly based on human physical strength and money … primarily from intangible intellectual resources, from the capital of knowledge. The knowledge revolution therefore consists … precisely in this transition from the economy dominated by physical, tangible resources, to the economy dominated by knowledge …

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 …

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. The literature …) relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. Empirical research to date, including the work of Storey and Kelly (2002 …), document a linear relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation. In order to investigate the possibility of a non …

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

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 …

of contemporary indigenous systems of resource management in a manner that allows for innovation and self- determination …"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 …