期刊名称：Freiberger Arbeitspapiere / Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
出版年度：2005
卷号：2005
出版社：Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
摘要：Knowledge is recognized as a crucial element of economic growth in addition to physical
capital and labor. Knowledge can be transformed into products and processes and is, in this
way, exploited commercially. The ability to produce, identify, and exploit knowledge depends
on the existing knowledge stock and the absorptive capacity of actors such as employees at
firms and researchers at universities and research institutions. The existing knowledge stock
might not be commercialized to its full extent; therefore, knowledge flows must occur and
transmission channels are needed. The paper tests the hypotheses that entrepreneurship and
university-industry relations are vehicles for knowledge flows and, thus, spur economic
growth.
