Knowledge Matters - Elias G Carayannis

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Résumé :
A?profile in socio-technical terms of ways that innovation is manifested in American, European, and Asian knowledge-based innovation networks and knowledge clusters.?Twelve conceptual and empirical studies are presented that contribute to a better understanding of the role of knowledge in technological entrepreneurship.

Biographie:
ELIAS G. CARAYANNIS is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Centre at the School of Business of the George Washington University, in Washington, DC, USA GEORGE CHOROFAKIS is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK PIERO FORMICA is Professor for Knowledge economy, innovation and entrepreneurship at J?nk?ping International Business School and Dean of the International Entrepreneurship Academy, Sweden HOLGER GRAF is Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner, Department of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany SEPPO H?NNINEN is Researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland TOMAS HELLSTR?M is Acting Centre Leader for the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Oslo, Norway MERLE JACOB is Centre Leader for the Centre for Technology, Innovation & Culture, University of Oslo, Norway WU JISONG is Director General of Recycle Economy Research Centre, Dean of Economic and Management School, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China MATTIAS JOHANSSON is Research Fellow at Chalmers Institution of Technology, Gothenberg, Sweden ILKA KAURANEN is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Asia Institute of Technology, Thailand PATRICE LAGET is responsible for the support to theimplementation of the European Research Area at the DG-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain RANDOLF MARGULL is Managing Director of Jena Technology and Innovation Park, Germany DR MATHEW J MANIMALA is Professor of Organization Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India DR ANDREAS PANAGOPOULOS is Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School, UK MICHEAL PROVANCE is a visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Richmond while completing his dissertation at the George Washington University, and an advisor on organizational innovation to corporations and emerging ventures. His research focuses on the evolution of young firms within markets and regions. Research includes the roles of knowledge, institutions, market structure and competitive dynamics in the formation, operation and trajectories of entrepreneurial ventures. BIRGITTA SANDBERG is an Associate Professor in international business at the Department of Marketing, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland PRIIT VAHTER is a PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia

Sommaire:
Introduction; Elias Carayannis and Piero Formica Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms From Universities and Other HEIs to the SME Sector; Piero Formica (with the contributions of Professor Urmas Varblane and T?bis Mets) Mesoeconomic Structure, Innovation and Complexity: The Concept of Mesoeconomic Plexus; George Chorafakis, Patrice Laget ? Technological Knowledge Through the Looking Glass: Distributed Cognition and Co-Adaptation In Mesoeconomic Plexuses; George Chorafakis?and Patrice Laget Evolution of the Bangalore ICT Cluster: A Stage Theory Based on Crystal Growth Model; Mathew J Manimala A Model of an Innovation System with a Position Regulation of Science and Technology Parks Within Innovation Networks; Holger Graf And Randolf Margull Knowledge Appropriation and The Complexity of Regional Innovation Systems: A Conceptual Precursor to Simulation; Michael Provance Product Innovation as Micro-Strategy: The 'Innovation-Based Diversification' View; Seppo H?nninen and Ilkka Kauranen 'The Strength of Strong Ties' - University Spin-offs and the Significance of Historical Relations; Mattias Johansson, Merle Jacob And Tomas Hellstrom Patent Strength and Diminishing Knowledge Spillovers: The Quest for the Optimal Patent; Andreas Panagopoulos Consumer Learning Roadmap: New Buzzword or Necessary Tool? Seppo H?nninen And Birgitta Sandberg ???????????? Knowledge Economy-New Trends of Economy Of The 21st Century; Wu Jisong