Knowledge Matters

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   • Elias G. Carayannis, Piero Formica

   Pages 1-20

3. Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms from Universities and Other HEIs to the Sector

   • Piero Formica, Urmas Varblane, Tõnis Mets

   Pages 21-51

4. Mesoeconomic Structure, Innovation and Complexity: The Concept of Mesoeconomic Plexus

   • George Chorafakis, Patrice Laget

   Pages 52-86

5. Technological Knowledge Through the Looking Glass: Distributed Cognition and Co-Adaptation in Mesoeconomic Plexuses

   • George Chorafakis, Patrice Laget

   Pages 87-103

6. Evolution of the Bangalore ICT Cluster: A Stage Theory Based on the Crystal Growth Model

   • Mathew J. Manimala

   Pages 104-128

7. A Model of an Innovation System with a Position Regulation of Science and Technology Parks within Innovation Networks

   • Holger Graf, Randolf Margull

   Pages 129-141

8. Knowledge Appropriation and the Complexity of Regional Innovation Systems: A Conceptual Precursor to Simulation

   • Michael Provance

   Pages 142-156

9. Product Innovation as Micro-Strategy: The ‘Innovation-Based Diversification’ View

   • Seppo Hänninen, Ilkka Kauranen

   Pages 157-178

10. ‘The Strength of Strong Ties’: University Spin-Offs and the Significance of Historical Relations

    • Mattias Johansson, Merle Jacob, Tomas Hellström

    Pages 179-202

11. Patent Strength and Diminishing Knowledge Spill-Overs: The Quest for the Optimal Patent

    • Andreas Panagopoulos

    Pages 203-219

12. Consumer Learning Roadmap: New Buzzword or Necessary Tool?

    • Seppo Hänninen, Birgitta Sandberg

    Pages 220-231

13. Knowledge Economy: New Trends in Economy in the Twenty-First Century

    • Wu Jisong

    Pages 232-258

14. Back Matter

    Pages 259-267

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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.

• complexity
• knowledge transfer
• technology

• School of Business of the George Washington University, USA

  Elias G. Carayannis

• International Entrepreneurship Academy, Sweden

  Piero Formica

ELIAS G. CARAYANNIS is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Centre at the School of Business of the George Washington University, in Washington, DC, USA GEORGE CHOROFAKIS is a PhD student at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK PIERO FORMICA is Professor for Knowledge economy, innovation and entrepreneurship at Jönköping International Business School and Dean of the International Entrepreneurship Academy, Sweden HOLGER GRAF is Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner, Department of Economics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany SEPPO HÄNNINEN is Researcher at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland TOMAS HELLSTRÖM is Acting Centre Leader for the Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Oslo, Norway MERLE JACOB is Centre Leader for the Centre for Technology, Innovation & Culture, University of Oslo, Norway WU JISONG is Director General of Recycle Economy Research Centre, Dean of Economic and Management School, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China MATTIAS JOHANSSON is Research Fellow at Chalmers Institution of Technology, Gothenberg, Sweden ILKA KAURANEN is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, Asia Institute of Technology, Thailand PATRICE LAGET is responsible for the support to theimplementation of the European Research Area at the DG-Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville, Spain RANDOLF MARGULL is Managing Director of Jena Technology and Innovation Park, Germany DR MATHEW J MANIMALA is Professor of Organization Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India DR ANDREAS PANAGOPOULOS is Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School, UK MICHEAL PROVANCE is a visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Richmond while completing his dissertation at the George Washington University, and an advisor on organizational innovation to corporations and emerging ventures. His research focuses on the evolution of young firms within markets and regions. Research includes the roles of knowledge, institutions, market structure and competitive dynamics in the formation, operation and trajectories of entrepreneurial ventures. BIRGITTA SANDBERG is an Associate Professor in international business at the Department of Marketing, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland PRIIT VAHTER is a PhD student at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia

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