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Trends and drivers of the knowledge economy

Cooke, Philip Nicholas; De Laurentis, Carla

Authors

Philip Nicholas Cooke

Carla De Laurentis



Contributors

Philip Nicholas Cooke
Editor

Carla De Laurentis
Editor

Stewart MacNeill
Editor

Chris Collinge
Editor

Abstract

This ground-breaking book offers a coherent theoretical analysis of contemporary industrial knowledge flow dynamics. Furthermore, it advances wide-ranging and varied empirical findings from international comparative research which demonstrate that knowledge cross-pollination, often from industrially unrelated business sectors, is now commonplace in the economics of innovation. This, the authors argue, represents the rise of an externalized ‘matrix’ of knowledge flow dynamics among firms and industries. The book also examines related economic governance research that reveals the catalytic role that leading innovation policy agencies play in animating knowledge flow dynamics, particularly at the regional level. The chapters address various sectors including food and drink, biotechnology, ICT, new media, the automotive industry and tourism.

Publication Date 2010
Deposit Date Aug 25, 2022
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
Pages 1--26
Book Title Platforms of Innovation: Dynamics of New Industrial Knowledge Flows
Chapter Number 1
ISBN 9781848440296
Keywords knowledge economy; drivers; economy; Industrial Knowledge Flows
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9642531
Publisher URL https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/platforms-of-innovation-9781848440296.html