Enterprise Knowledge Capital

Blandine Laperche is Professor of Innovation Economics at the University of the Littoral Opal Coast (ULCO, France), Researcher at Clersé (UMR CNRS 8019) and Vice President of the Research Network on Innovation.

• Acknowledgements viiForeword ixIntroduction xiiiChapter 1 The Firm, Knowledge and Capital: Toward the Definition of Knowledge Capital 11.1 Innovation: definition, organization and measurement 11.1.1 “From vice to virtue”: the evolution of the definition for innovation 11.1.2 Typology of innovation: the contemporary definition 71.1.3 How are innovation activities organized? The innovation models 151.1.4 Measuring innovation 211.2 Knowledge capital: definition and roles 281.2.1 From scientific and technical knowledge to knowledge capital 281.2.2 The productive use of knowledge capital 351.3 The theoretical origins of knowledge capital 411.3.1 Contemporary theories of the firm and of innovation 411.3.2 The contribution of pioneer economists in the definition of knowledge capital 52Chapter 2 The Building of the Knowledge Capital 612.1 The first forms of knowledge capital and the formation of national innovation systems 612.1.1 The science–technology relationship: from opposition to integration 612.1.2 The role of the State in the appropriation of scientific and technical information and knowledge 642.2 Multi-partner innovation and formation of knowledge capital 872.2.1 Network firm and multi-partner innovation 872.2.2 The formation of knowledge capital and multi-partner relations: open innovation 912.2.3 Public research in the service of knowledge capital 112Chapter 3 The Knowledge Capital in Global Networks 1233.1 The constitution of knowledge capital within global networks 1233.1.1 From multinational to global production 1253.1.2 Globalization of R&D and the broadening of the firm’s boundaries: the importance of networks 1293.1.3 Opportunities and limits of the R&D globalization 1403.2 Intellectual property rights (IPR) and knowledge capital 1423.2.1 The new roles of intellectual property rights: between incentives, coordination and offensive use 1453.2.2 The expansion of intellectual property 159Conclusion 173Postface 177Bibliography 181Index 211