Universities as knowledge providers in the technological innovation: Romania’s situation

Popescul, Daniela (2011): Universities as knowledge providers in the technological innovation: Romania’s situation. Published in: Proceedings of The 17th International Business Information Management Association Conference (Creating Global Competitive Economies: A 360-degree Approach), November 14-15, 2011, Milano, Italy (14 November 2011): pp. 1086-1094.

Abstract

In its first part, the present paper demonstrates the relation between innovation and knowledge using a literature review. Concepts such as technology, technological innovation, knowledge and knowledge flow are defined and described. The Newman model of knowledge flows is then used as a starting point for the analysis of the innovative potential in the Romanian academic sector. The paper also identifies the characteristics of the knowledge actors, transformation and knowledge artefacts at the level of the Romanian universities. In the conclusions part, starting from the characteristics we discovered, we drew a series of recommendations for changing the knowledge web in the academic environment into innovation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: technological innovation, knowledge, knowledge flows
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M12 - Personnel Management ; Executives; Executive Compensation; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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