The paper focuses on the territorial shaping of knowledge dynamics as one of the driving forces for innovation … ongoing restructuring of global value chains and the changes in the organization of innovation 'combinatorial knowledge … dynamics' gain a more prominent role in innovation. Firms are facing an increasing need to combine heterogeneous knowledge …

product innovation. This paper deals with the knowledge flow within the Japanese automotive supply chain catalysed by the … knowledge for innovation and development. Based on our qualitative study, we show that the process of industrial upgrading is …