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.
Author(s): Elias G. Carayannis, Piero Formica
Edition: First Edition
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 288
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Boxes......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 16
Key Working Concepts Defined......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
1 Introduction......Page 22
2 Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms from Universities and Other HEIs to the Sector......Page 42
3 Mesoeconomic Structure, Innovation and Complexity: The Concept of Mesoeconomic Plexus......Page 73
4 Technological Knowledge Through the Looking Glass: Distributed Cognition and Co-Adaptation in Mesoeconomic Plexuses......Page 108
5 Evolution of the Bangalore ICT Cluster: A Stage Theory Based on the Crystal Growth Model......Page 125
6 A Model of an Innovation System with a Position Regulation of Science and Technology Parks within Innovation Networks......Page 150
7 Knowledge Appropriation and the Complexity of Regional Innovation Systems: A Conceptual Precursor to Simulation......Page 163
8 Product Innovation as Micro-Strategy: The ‘Innovation-Based Diversification’ View......Page 178
9 ‘The Strength of Strong Ties’: University Spin-Offs and the Significance of Historical Relations......Page 200
10 Patent Strength and Diminishing Knowledge Spill-Overs: The Quest for the Optimal Patent......Page 224
11 Consumer Learning Roadmap: New Buzzword or Necessary Tool?......Page 241
12 Knowledge Economy: New Trends in Economy in the Twenty-First Century......Page 253
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I......Page 283
K......Page 284
N......Page 285
R......Page 286
S......Page 287
Z......Page 288
