This paper explores and critically reviews the ability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve the transferability of knowledge. The aim here is to look beyond knowledge transfer at a general level. By distinguishing between codified knowledge and tacit knowledge, a more thorough understanding of knowledge transfer is sought, and in particular of the role of ICTs in this process. ICTs favour the transfer of knowledge that can be codified and reduced to data. Of central concern here is what role, if any, do ICTs have in the transfer of tacit knowledge? This paper raises issues concerning the relationship between knowledge transfer, ICTs and trust.

From know-how to show-how? questioning the role of information and communication technologies in knowledge transfer

Throughout the 20th century multiple discourses of the nature of enterprise and the entrepreneur have developed. In this article, we trace these discourses and perspectives as a backdrop to underst...

Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Towards a Convergent Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process

established a European Council of Competitiveness,and it undertook to produce a regular CompetitivenessThere is now widespread agreement that we are wit-Report on the performance of the economy of thenessing the ‘resurgence’ of regions as key loci in theEuropean Union (the most recent being the seventh,organization and governance of economic growth andfor 2003). In the European Union, the issue of com-wealth creation. A previous special issue of this journalpetitiveness has taken on particular signiﬁcance in rela-(‘Rethinking the Regions’,

Regional Competitiveness: An Elusive yet Key Concept?

Feldman M. P., Francis J. and Bercovitz, J. (2005) Creating a cluster while building a firm: entrepreneurs and the formation of industrial clusters, Regional Studies39, 129-141. The objective of the paper is to provide a theoretical model of cluster development that is informed by an appreciative interpretation of case studies. It argues that entrepreneurs are a critical element in the formation of clusters. Entrepreneurs are important actors in the development of clusters as complex adaptive systems, where the external resources associated with clusters are developed over time. Entrepreneurs who adapt to both constructive crises and new opportunities create the factors and conditions that facilitate their business interests and, in turn, contribute to the development of external resources. The paper examines the initial factors that influence the decision to become an entrepreneur and examine how external factors influence the formation and location of high-technology clusters. Feldman M. P., Francis J. ...

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