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on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy |
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Issue of 2024–11–18
five papers chosen by Laura Nicola-Gavrila, Centrul European de Studii Manageriale în Administrarea Afacerilor |
| By: | Heng-fu Zou (The World Bank) |
| Date: | 2024–10–14 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cuf:wpaper:681 |
| By: | Jasmine Bacani; Chiara Pelosi; Monique Arkesteijn; Alexandra den Heijer |
| Abstract: | The escalating significance of knowledge exchange in diverse industries is owed to its potential to enhance business performance. Although numerous theoretical frameworks have been applied to understand and measure knowledge exchange within and between firms, a notable gap remains in measuring inter-organisational knowledge exchange among horizontally-linked firms in the same sector. This research endeavours to fill this gap by proposing a comprehensive survey grounded in theory and practice for assessing knowledge exchange among 14 universities in the Netherlands. Drawing from inputs from campus managers and established theory-based evaluation methods, four key elements were identified: organizational context, enablers and disablers, processes, and outcome expectations. This synthesis aims to offer insights into how knowledge exchange dynamics can be gauged between firms. By gaining insights into the intricacies of inter-organisational knowledge exchange through the survey developed in this study, organisations would be able to adopt more informed strategies, fostering collaborative environments and ultimately optimising the efficiency of knowledge exchange processes between organisations in the same sector. |
| Keywords: | Inter-organisation; Knowledge Exchange; Measurement; universities |
| JEL: | R3 |
| Date: | 2024–01–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arz:wpaper:eres2024-163 |
| By: | Heng-fu Zou (The World Bank) |
| Date: | 2024–10–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cuf:wpaper:684 |
| By: | WOOLFORD Jayne (European Commission - JRC); ESPARZA MASANA Ricard |
| Abstract: | Higher education (HE) is increasingly recognised as a driver of innovation and an actor of change in territorial transformation. Three EU initiatives specifically support the contribution of HE to territorial development and transformative innovation and were analysed to determine the extent of their impact. The impact of the initiatives and projects funded is highly heterogeneous, reflecting distinct territorial, institutional, policy and sectoral contexts across the EU, as well as varying institutional capabilities. |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc139228 |
| By: | Lena Abou El-Komboz; Thomas A. Fackler; Moritz Goldbeck; Thomas Fackler |
| Abstract: | Software engineering is prototypical of knowledge work in the digital economy and exhibits strong geographic concentration, with Silicon Valley as the epitome of a tech cluster. We investigate productivity effects of knowledge worker agglomeration. To overcome existing measurement challenges, we track individual contributions in software engineering projects between 2015 and 2021 on GitHub, the by far largest online code repository platform. Our findings demonstrate individual productivity increases by 2.8 percent with a ten percent increase in cluster size, the share of the software engineering community in a technology field located in the same city. Instrumental variable and dynamic estimation results suggest these productivity effects are causal. Productivity gains from cluster size growth are strongest for clusters hosting between 0.67 and 13.5% of a community. We observe a disproportionate activity increase in high-quality, large, and leisure projects and for co-located teams. Overall, software engineers benefit from productivity spillovers due to physical proximity to a large number of peers in their field. |
| Keywords: | high-skilled labor, geography, innovation, peer effects, collaboration |
| JEL: | D62 J24 O33 O36 R32 |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_11277 |