As firms increasingly rely on knowledge as a key factor for innovation, the ability to innovate is increasingly perceived as a key asset for being competitive in international markets. This new volume argues that innovation, knowledge and internationalisation should be viewed as tightly related concepts. It provides a stimulating and comprehensive framework for understanding key tendencies in modern economics, as well as an overview of the state of the art in the three fields covered.
The first section explores in detail the relationship between knowledge and the innovative capability of firms, focussing on key topics such as social capital, intentional knowledge diffusion and unintentional knowledge spillovers. Section two examines the drivers and the impact of innovation strategies, assessing the role of technological advantage, networking and R & D investments in innovation, as well as the impact on innovation on the labour market. The third and final section examines the ongoing internationalisation process faced by ‘global’ economies. The topics explored in each section are tightly linked, ensuring that a strong thematic thread runs through the collection.
Introduction P. Morone PART I: KNOWLEDGE
1. Knowledge and Innovation in
social networks: an assessment of industrial clusters literature E. Giuliani
and X. F. Molina Morales
2. Friends and Rivals: modelling the social
relations of inventors L. Cassi and L. Zirulia
3. Knowledge and innovative
entrepreneurship - social capital and individual capacities U. Cantner and M.
Stuetzer
4. Agglomeration economies, forward linkages and regional
specialisation in business services in the EU27 V. Meliciani and M. Savona
PART II: INNOVATION
5. Technological Competences and Regional Innovation
Networks: Measurement and Visualization with Patent Data A. Pyka, B.
Ebersberger and D. Hartmann
6. Implementation Cycles and the New Economy in
Retrospect P. Scaramozzino, J. Temple and N. Vulkan
7. The impact of
technological change on employment and skills: theory and empirical evidence
M. Vivarelli and M. Piva
8. Design and Evaluation of Fiscal Incentives for
Business Innovation in Latin America: Lessons Learned and Future Developments
G. A. Crespi PART III: INTERNATIONALIZATION
9. Trade policy and
Internationalisation D. Salvatore
10. Models of speculative attacks and
crashes in international capital markets G. Marini and G. Piersanti
11. Firms
Internationalization, innovation strategies and product quality P. Morone and
F. Renna
12. Do Foreign Ownership and Technological Environment Affect Firm
Survival? Evidence on Italian Manufacturing and Services Firms F. Reganati,
A. Ferragina and R. Pittiglio
Piergiuseppe Morone is associate professor at the University of Foggia, Italy.
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