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

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. 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 C......Page 280 D......Page 281 G......Page 282 I......Page 283 K......Page 284 N......Page 285 R......Page 286 S......Page 287 Z......Page 288 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 Tobis 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 Hanninen 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 Hanninen And Birgitta Sandberg Knowledge Economy-New Trends of Economy Of The 21st Century-- Wu Jisong 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, 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 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