shift to knowledge based management, the difference made by creative networks and clusters that promote research … development and outline the impact of clusters on innovation, Knowledge and competitiveness in the wood processing industry and …

This paper proposes a framework to analyze knowledge creation in traditional sectors and empirically test innovation … ease of learning and promote absorptive capacity and knowledge, which in turn fosters innovation in SMEs in traditional … external network in terms of knowledge and innovation. JEL Codes: D83, O31, J24, L1, C25 …

The way a company creates and shares knowledge can come to form themselves into a sustainable competitive advantage … internal and external knowledge, how this knowledge was incorporated into the project and its contribution to the development … of new projects in the company. The paper analyzes the history that characterizes the knowledge assets and checks the …

This paper investigates the extent to which innovative activity in a metropolitan area is affected by knowledge … externalities in high technology industries in the metropolitan area, and that there also exist geographic knowledge spillovers …

general. While studies on market oriented product development have identified several general dimensions of market knowledge … used in product innovation, the nature of market knowledge that is specifically important in the chemical industry remains … unclear. Because firm-relevant knowledge resources are increasingly seen as being industry specific, filling this gap becomes …

The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of knowledge based economy, in this time characterized by fast … matter of the paper develops knowledge based economy concept: elements, definitions of the knowledge based economy, stages … and the main knowledge codification. In the end of the paper, the author presents the importance of economy knowledge, in …

The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a … Physics-borrowed model, trying to prove whether knowledge resources can "flow" (be percolated) in a network or a grid, in … order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen …

contribute to knowledge creation, which forms the foundation of innovation. This research aims to focus on the knowledge creation … function of design thinking and seeks to address the following research questions: What types of knowledge does design thinking … generate? How does design thinking foster knowledge creation? By considering design thinking as a driver for practical …

Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are intermediary firms which specialise in knowledge screening, assessment … perceived by many as the natural by-product of modern knowledge economies within which increasing specialisation induces the … need for professional agents in the markets for external knowledge. This paper addresses critically a conceptual flaw in …