Knowledge Matters A Networks and Clusters Perspective from the US, Europe and Asia

by Carayannis, Elias G.; Formica, Piero

• ISBN13: 9781403998729
• ISBN10: 1403998728
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The focus of this book is on profiling, analysing, benchmarking, and modeling in socio-technical terms, ways and means that creativity, invention and innovation are manifested and flourish in select American, European, and Asian knowledge-based innovation networks and knowledge clusters. This book will present a number of conceptual and emperical studies from the USA, Europe and Asia, that contribute to a better understanding of the role of knowledge in the theory and practice of technological entrepreneurship in the context of socio-technical networks, architecture design, form and function and from other diverse theoretical perspectives.

Author Biography

ELIAS G.CARAYANNIS is Professor of Management Science, George Washington University. PIERO FORMICA has over 30 years of experience in the fields of international economics and the economics of innovation. He is Marie Curie Professor of Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurship, at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Univeristy of Tartu, Estonia

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
List of Boxes	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xv
Key Working Concepts Defined	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms from Universities and Other HEIs to the Sector	p. 21
Mesoeconomic Structure, Innovation and Complexity: The Concept of Mesoeconomic Plexus	p. 52
Technological Knowledge Through the Looking Glass: Distributed Cognition and Co-Adaptation in Mesoeconomic Plexuses	p. 87
Evolution of the Bangalore ICT Cluster: A Stage Theory Based on the Crystal Growth Model	p. 104
A Model of an Innovation System with a Position Regulation of Science and Technology Parks within Innovation Networks	p. 129
Knowledge Appropriation and the Complexity of Regional Innovation Systems: A Conceptual Precursor to Simulation	p. 142
Product Innovation as Micro-Strategy: The 'Innovation-Based Diversification' View	p. 157
'The Strength of Strong Ties': University Spin-Offs and the Significance of Historical Relations	p. 179
Patent Strength and Diminishing Knowledge Spill-Overs: The Quest for the Optimal Patent	p. 203
Consumer Learning Roadmap: New Buzzword or Necessary Tool?	p. 220
Knowledge Economy: New Trends in Economy in the Twenty-First Century	p. 232
Index	p. 259
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