The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely on knowledge generation, their emerging...

We analyze firms’ incentives to disclose deficiencies of their goods when consumers lack information. We distinguish two types of information: First, only some consumers are aware of the existence of deficiencies, which reduce the quality of the goods. Second, only some consumers have the...

This study examines the input and output of the incentive mechanism of the knowledge in knowledge alliances (KAs). Through the mathematical model and the empirical analysis, the results show that the input-output ratio of knowledge has a positive influence on the incentives in KAs, while the...

This research aims to examine the impact of ISO 9001 factors on knowledge acquisition and knowledge dissemination to determine the key success elements for organizations. A questionnaire survey method is employed to identify and analyze the relationship between knowledge acquisition, knowledge...

Various forms of interaction during the process of research and innovation constitute a global network of knowledge generation and diffusion. Countries and their research organizations and individual scientists need to be embedded in this network to participate in global knowledge ows and to...

Eine Wissensabfrage zu verschiedenen sozioökonomischen Themen deutet auf erhebliche Fehleinschätzungen in Deutschland hin. Im Median vermuten die Befragten beispielsweise, dass 30 von 100 Menschen in Deutschland von Armut bedroht sind und sogar 50 von 100 Rentnern. Die tatsächlichen Werte zu...

Die Autorinnen fragen nach den Inhalten und Formen von Wissen über Raum und Raumentwicklung für die große Transformation sowie nach den Bedingungen für dessen Produktion und Verbreitung. Vor dem Hintergrund der frühen Debatten um nachhaltige Raumentwicklung werden die Hemmnisse und...

Among the different cultural heritage assets, genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge associated to them (TK) have a technical character and enjoy legal protection in the international law. Due to these characteristics, measures of patent law have been often considered for their...

A growing number of economic geography scholars have discussed the spatial dimensions of sustainability innovation in socio-technical systems to overcome societal, economic, and ecological problems. This research usually focuses on businesses in the knowledge economy and success factors....

Our future employability and survivability will depend on our ability to competitively coexist with AI-embedded machines in the job market. We have to be smarter than AI machines. The alternative is working in the gig economy or finding a rare benevolent benefactor. Darwin’s theory of...

This paper develops a dynamic model of price competition where buyers have constrained consideration sets due to unawareness. Awareness evolves over time and is influenced by word-of-mouth: if more buyers choose to shop at one seller, then unaware buyers are more likely to discover that seller....

This paper focuses on the innovative actions of entrepreneurs, namely their tendency to reveal the intellectual capital that results from their research efforts either in the form of public knowledge (publications) or private knowledge (patents). Using data collected by the National Research...

In the modern era everyone using web for analysis and analytics of large amount of data. In addition, most of the web pages did not contain semantic information until recently, raising difficulties for mechanical research. As a way to remedy these poor online characteristics, the Semantic Web...

We examine how two highly successful new biotechnology firms (NBFs) source their most critical input -- scientific knowledge. We find that scientists at the two NBFs enter into large numbers of collaborative research efforts with scientists at other organizations, especially universities. Formal...

Objective - The purpose of this study is to investigate both "technology" and "knowledge" effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on labour productivity in the medium-high manufacturing industries' classification in Malaysia.Methodology/Technique - This study employs a Seemingly Unrelated...

It is well known that patent citations occur disproportionately between patents issued to inventors living in the same location, which has been taken as evidence of geographically localized knowledge spillovers. In this study, we find that patent citations also occur disproportionately often in...

There is growing public interest in alternatives to intellectual property including, but not limited to, prizes and government grants. We argue that there is no single best mechanism for supporting research. Rather, mechanisms can only be compared within specific creative environments. We...

We examine the effects of university-based star scientists on three measures of performance for California biotechnology enterprises: the number of products in development, the number of products on the market, and changes in employment. The `star' concept which Zucker, Darby, and Brewer (1994)...

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, this paper creates variables measuring knowledge about future social security and pension benefits by comparing respondent reports of their expected benefits with benefits calculated from social security earnings records and employer provided...

In 1992, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced new insurance coverage for two preventive services influenza vaccinations and mammograms. Economists typically assume transactions occur with perfect information and foresight. As a test of the value of...

We study how becoming an entrepreneur affects an academic scientist’s research. We propose that entrepreneurship will shift scientists’ attention away from intra-disciplinary research questions and toward new bodies of knowledge relevant for downstream technology development. This will...

Unawareness of the existence of financial products is a significant reason for non-participation in financial products and services in emerging economies. We propose a theoretical framework where households can acquire awareness, thereby enabling them to make an informed choice of whether to own...

We explore how a firm’s knowledge structure characteristics and market identity—as reflected in its position in the industry value chain and market status—influence knowledge-based alliance (KBA) formation. We propose that a firm’s propensity to form KBAs is affected by the congruence...

We present a theory of the organization of work in an economy where knowledge is an essential input in production: a knowledge economy. In this economy a continuum of agents with heterogeneous skills must choose how much knowledge to acquire and may produce on their own or in organizations. Our...

Eine Wissensabfrage zu verschiedenen sozioökonomischen Themen deutet auf erhebliche Fehleinschätzungen in Deutschland hin. Im Median vermuten die Befragten beispielsweise, dass 30 von 100 Menschen in Deutschland von Armut bedroht sind und sogar 50 von 100 Rentnern. Die tatsächlichen Werte zu...

By analyzing a novel dataset on publications by the Inter - American Development Bank (IDB), we shed light on the extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB publications are downl oaded mostly in the American...

Purpose: This study aims to present the overview of intellectual capital creation micro-mechanisms concerning formal and informal knowledge processes. The organizational culture, transformational leadership, and innovativeness are also included in the investigation as ascendants and consequences...

This research attempted to find and define holistic systems that affect the productivity of the knowledge worker (KW), using the soft systems methodology (SSM). It is not enough to look at the management and improvement of knowledge worker productivity (KWP) from the viewpoint of the...

It is widely accepted that entrepreneurship education has become a key development priority for coping with uncertainty and for addressing various social, economic, and technological concerns related to health, living conditions, education systems, employment, and economic growth. In recent...

In einer Demokratie ist eine gut informierte Bevölkerung besonders wichtig. In den Perils-of-Perception-Studien wird untersucht, wie gut die deutsche Bevölkerung über wirtschaftliche Fakten informiert ist. Dabei sind die Fehlwahrnehmungen groß und Deutschland rangiert im Mittelfeld der...