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Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

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  • Karlsson, Charlie

    (Jönköping International Business School)

  • Johansson, Börje

    (CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Norman, Therese

    (CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology)

Abstract

This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation process, brought about global challenges, and stimulated cross border phenomena and network formation responses. These changes has brought about an increase of the demand for knowledge as well as changed the conditions for knowledge production and innovation. Against the background of a changing global economy, the purpose of the paper is to make an overview over the role and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic agents from different spatial units for economic growth is further emphasized. Furthermore, it is recognized in the paper that national innovative productivity depends upon the national innovation systems. Multinationals play an increasingly central role for the transfer of knowledge between different parts of the world. This paper thoroughly examines the way multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven across the globe and the occurrence of the “European paradox” highlights where Europe has failed in this context.

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  • Karlsson, Charlie & Johansson, Börje & Norman, Therese, 2011. "Innovation, Technology and Knowledge," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 247, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
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    Cited by:

    1. Julian Pineres Ramirez, 2015. "A learning-capacity framework: knowledge reconfiguration and knowledge orientation," Working Papers 4, Faculty of Economics and Management, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali.
    2. Saiz Álvarez, José Manuel & Mendoza Macías, Marlene Mariluz, 2015. "Innovación y creatividad como motores de desarrollo y RSC. El caso de las empresas de Guayaquil (Ecuador) [Innovation and Creativity as Engines for Development and CSR. The case of firms in Guayaqu," MPRA Paper 86611, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Urban Gråsjö & Charlie Karlsson, 2014. "Accessibility: an underused analytical and empirical tool in spatial economics," Chapters, in: Ana Condeço-Melhorado & Aura Reggiani & Javier Gutiérrez (ed.), Accessibility and Spatial Interaction, chapter 11, pages 211-236, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    4. Rokicki, Bartlomiej & Stępniak, Marcin, 2018. "Major transport infrastructure investment and regional economic development – An accessibility-based approach," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 36-49.
    5. Charlie Karlsson & Peter Warda, 2014. "Entrepreneurship and innovation networks," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 43(2), pages 393-398, August.
    6. Ana Condeço-Melhorado & Aura Reggiani & Javier Gutiérrez (ed.), 2014. "Accessibility and Spatial Interaction," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 15267.
    7. Dapeng Zhang & Xinbo Sun & Yide Liu & Shunyi Zhou & Hongfeng Zhang, 2018. "The Effects of Integrative Leadership on the Enterprise Synergy Innovation Performance in a Supply Chain Cooperative Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-20, July.

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    Keywords

    Innovation; technology; knowledge; globalisation; multinationals; European paradox;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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