"Upper tail knowledge", embodied by knowledge elites, has been suggested to be a driving force of industrialization and … and their potential for furthering our understanding of the role of upper tail knowledge and human capital for development … measurement of upper tail knowledge. …

knowledge base approach in empirical innovation studies, regardless of industrial, geographical or temporal context. The paper … thereby dismisses the wide-spread taxonomical application of knowledge base conceptualizations in innovation studies and …This paper has three aims. Firstly, to provide a critical review of previous conceptualizations of the knowledge base …