Knowledge Creation, Diffusion, and Use in Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters

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Knowledge Creation, Diffusion, and Use in Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters A Comparative Systems Approach Across the United States, Europe, and Asia

Elias G. Carayannis, ed., David F. J. Campbell, ed.

ISBN: 1-56720-486-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-486-5

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376 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 12/30/2005

List Price: $157.95 (UK Sterling Price: £108.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Technology, Innovation, and Knowledge Management

Description: In the 21st century, intangible resources such as knowledge and social capital have become as necessary to the modern economy as coal, diamonds, and oil were to the past. This shift from product-focused to service-focused economies necessitates a drastic re-thinking of the ways in which we support the mission and business of economic development on a global, regional, and national scale. In order to effect and sustain a positive change, innovation and knowledge networks need to be connected to every aspect of life, from the private and domestic, to the corporate and the global. This book integrates a wide variety of perspectives and treatises on mutually adaptive and complementary processes of knowledge generation, diffusion, and transfer within organizations and industry, addressing both the what and how to questions of knowledge management in a conceptual as well as an applied manner. It should be of strong interest to science and technology policy makers, research and development managers, business decision makers, and students of innovation and knowledge dynamics alike.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER SUMMARIES
Meaning and Implications from a Knowledge System Perspective by Elias G. Caryannis and David F. J. Campbell
Productive Reasearch Teams and Knowledge Generation by Frank T, Anbari and Stuart A. Umpley
Re-Thinking Science: Mode 2 in Societal Context by Helga Nowotny, Peter Scott and Micheal Gibbons
Knowledge Production: Competence Development and Innovation--Between Invention and Routine by Wolfgang H. Guttel
Knowledge ProductionTrends in the United States, European Union and Japan by David F. Campbell
Innovation in Clusters and the Liability of Foreignness of International R&D by Max von Zedtwitz and Philip Heimann
Transatlantic Innovation Infrastructure Networks: Public-Private, EU-US R&D Partnerships by Elias G. Carayannis and Patrice Laget
Measuring Science-Technology Interaction in the Knowledge-Driven Economy by Martin S. Meyer
The Different Dynamics of the Biotechnology and ICT Sectors in Finland by Christopher Palmberg and Terttu Luukkonen
The Transformatiom of the German System of Innovation: The Case of Biotechnology by Edgar Grande and Robert Kaiser
Competence Centers in Germany: How Can Policy Makers Support the Improved Diffusion of Knowledge? by Susanne Buhrer
Cooperations and Networking as Side Effect of the German Delphi '98 by Kerstin Cuhls
Certification and Knowledge Management: An Approach Applied to the Space Transport Industry by Frederic Fontane, Patrice Houdayer and Franck Vasseur
Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy: The Israeli Case Guy by Ben-Ari
Using National Innovation Systems to Enhance S&T Policy: A Knowledge-Based Approach with Examples from Japan by Mark Hewitt
Virtualization of Research Universities: Raising the Right Questions to Address Key Functions of the Institution by Thomas Pfeffer
Conclusion: Key Insights and Lessons Learned for Policy and Practice
INDEX
About the Editors and Contributors

About the Author: Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Management Science in the School of Business and Public Management, director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, and co-founder and co-director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) at the School of Business, George Washington University. He has published more than forty refereed journal articles and three books, The Strategic Management of Technological Learning, Idea Makers and Idea Brokers (Praeger, 2003), and The Story of Managing Products (Praeger, 2005).

David F. J. Campbell is a Research Fellow at the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF), University of Klagenfurt, a Lecturer at the University of Vienna, and an Associate Professorial Lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Campbell co-edited Demokratiequalitat in Osterreich: Zustand und Entwicklungsperspektiven (2002) (Democratic Quality in Austria), and his articles on innovation and society have been published in several international journals.

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