Search and Find
Service
Contents
6
List of Figures
8
List of Tables
10
List of Contributors
11
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: STRUCTURING INFORMAL MECHANISMS OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
19
REFERENCES
20
CHAPTER 2 THE MOBILITY OF ECONOMIC AGENTS AS CONDUITS OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
21
1. INTRODUCTION
21
2. THE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION FUNCTION
22
3. KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
24
4. MOBILITY OF ECONOMIC AGENTS AS A SPILLOVER MECHANISM
28
5. CONCLUSIONS
34
REFERENCES
36
PART I Geographic and Relational Proximity
40
CHAPTER 3 THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS: EVIDENCE FROM SEMICONDUCTOR INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS FROM 1996 THROUGH 2000
42
1. INTRODUCTION
42
2. ECONOMIC CLUSTERS, ENTRENEURIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS, AND THE FORMATION OF NEW FIRMS
43
3. THE CONSTITUENT ACTORS OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT NETWORK
46
4. PROXIMITY, TACIT INFORMATION, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS
47
5. DATA AND METHODOLOGY
49
6. CONCLUSION
60
NOTES
62
REFERENCES
63
CHAPTER 4 THE IMPACT OF REGIONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS ON THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
66
1. INTRODUCTION
66
2. AN IDEALIZED STAGE MODEL OF THE START-UP PROCESS
68
3. SOCIAL NETWORKS: ESTABLISHMENT AND EFFECTS
71
4. LOCALITIES AND THE EFFECT OF THE REGION ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
76
5. IMPACTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE FOUNDING PROCESS
78
6. DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACT OF (REGIONAL) SOCIAL NETWORKS
82
7. CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK
86
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
88
NOTES
88
REFERENCES
89
CHAPTER 5 SOCIAL NETWORKS, INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY*
92
1. INTRODUCTION
92
2. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY
94
3. SOCIAL NETWORKS, INFORMATIONAL COMPLEXITY AND KNOWLEDGE FLOW
96
4. COMPLEXITY AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY
103
5. CONCLUSION
106
NOTES
107
REFERENCES
108
CHAPTER 6 TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY:
110
1. INTRODUCTION
110
2. THE RELEVANCE OF ETHNIC NETWORKS FOR TRANSNATIONAL LABOUR MOBILITY AND KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
112
3. REGIONAL CULTURE OF SOUTH INDIA
114
4. INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES
116
5. SOUTH INDIAN ECONOMIC CULTURE
117
6. ETHNIC INDIAN TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS
123
7. CONCLUSIONS
130
NOTES
131
REFERENCES
132
PART II Scientific knowledge flows and labour mobility
136
CHAPTER 7 FIRM PLACEMENTS OF NEW PHDS
138
1. INTRODUCTION
138
2. THE ROLE OF NEW PHDS IN KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
139
3. DEPLOYMENT OF NEW PHDS IN INDUSTRY
141
4. THE ROLE OF GEOGRAPHY
146
5. CONCLUSION
152
NOTES
156
REFERENCES
158
CHAPTER 8 BASIC RESEARCH, LABOUR MOBILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS
160
1. INTRODUCTION
160
2. LABOUR MOBILITY: SCOPE AND CONCEPTS
161
3. EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE FROM BASIC RESEARCH
163
4. EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN THE GERMAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
167
5. BASIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION POLICY
170
6. CONCLUSIONS
173
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
173
NOTES
173
REFERENCES
175
CHAPTER 9 SCIENCE- INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS IN FRANCE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIVE INSTITUTIONS
177
1. INTRODUCTION
177
2. FRENCH SPECIFICITIES IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE- INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS
178
3. ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS TO CHARACTERIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOURS IN SCIENCEINDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS
187
4. CONCLUSIVE REMARKS
196
NOTE
197
REFERENCES
198
CHAPTER 10 KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND FLOWS IN SCIENCE
200
1. INTRODUCTION
200
2. THE MODEL
202
3. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
208
4. RESULTS
211
5. CONCLUSION
219
NOTES
220
REFERENCES
222
Index
224
All prices incl. VAT