Foundations of the Knowledge Economy

Edited by Knut Ingar Westeren, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Norway

• Contents: 1. Developments in the Analysis of the Knowledge Economy: Introductory CommentsKnut Ingar WesterenPART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS2. The Changing Role of Knowledge in the Knowledge Economy: Concepts of Knowledge and Knowledge ManagementHans Siggaard Jensen3. Growth of the Knowledge-based Economy in a Two-person Non-cooperative GameHanas A. Cader and John C. Leatherman PART II: INNOVATION4. Innovation: From Schumpeter to the Knowledge EconomyKnut Ingar Westeren5. Star Scientists and Regional Knowledge TransferMichaela Trippl and Gunther Maier6. Firm Productivity in Innovative Urban MilieusFrank G. van Oort and Otto Raspe7. Not Being There: Why Local Innovation is Not (Always) Related to Local FactorsRichard Shearmur8. Innovation and Creative Leadership in Local GovernmentJan Ole Vanebo and Alex MurdockPART III: LEARNING AND SKILLS9. How to Improve the Region’s Ability to Learn: A Micro-level Model on Regional Actor's Knowledge and (Informal) Learning ProcessesManfred Walser and Roland Scherer 10. Managing the New Knowledge WorkersKjell-Åge Gotvassli11. What Drives Skill-biased Regional Employment Growth in West Germany?Alexander CordesPART IV: CLUSTERS AND PRODUCTIVITY12. Clusters and Cluster Development in the Knowledge EconomyAndreas P. Cornett13. International Virtual Industry Clusters and SMEs: Early Process Policy RecommendationsMeir Russ and Jeannette K. Jones14. The Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Process: A Poultry Cluster in the Western Region of the State of Parana, BrazilJefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto, Knut Ingar Westeren and Clarissa Pereira JunqueiraIndex

’This book's chapters provide a versatile collection of case studies that raise important and interesting questions. . . The book introduces novel perspectives and indicates new approaches to understanding the modern economy and the role of knowledge in the ever-changing market process. It is thought provoking and even enlightening, and provides an interesting basis for further research to support entrepreneurship and public policy.’