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

By Elias G. Carayannis , Piero Formica

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
1403998728, 9781403998729
LCC
HD30.2 .K6394 2008
Open Library ID
OL11643172M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1871145 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
288\288
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

It has been previously said that in the knowledge economy the marketplace is not divided into towns and regions but into affinity groups that emerge from a high propensity to sociability. In a truly open global economy, no one country is able to dominate others in isolation: knowledge-driven economies and knowledge-based societies can materialize only through the 'chemistry' of community. The focus of this book is on profiling, 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. Twelve conceptual and empirical studies are presented that contribute to the theory and practice of technological entrepreneurship in the context of socio-technical networks architecture design, form and function. These are studied from diverse theoretical perspectives, including regional development economics and sociology of innovation, as well as regional science and technology, and knowledge management.

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