Knowledge Flows Percolation Model – A New Model for the Relation Between Knowledge and Innovation
Proceedings of The 18th International Business Information Management Association Conference (Innovation and Sustainable Economic Competitive Advantage: From Regional Development to World Economies), June 9-10, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, ISBN: 978-0-9821489-7-6
8 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2013
Date Written: June 9, 2012
Abstract
The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a Physics-borrowed model, trying to prove whether knowledge resources can "flow" (be percolated) in a network or a grid, in order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen as thinking electrons, both consuming and generating knowledge flow. Through the inter-dependent actions of individuals, knowledge circulates inside different types of organizations, allowing functioning and innovating in order to obtain competitive advantages. The model can be extended also at a national level, and some assumptions of self similarity appear in this process of extension. The model must be seen as a proposal for the research community and as a basis for future observations regarding the importance of knowledge flows in innovation.
Keywords: technological innovation, knowledge, knowledge flows, knowledge flows percolation model
JEL Classification: O31, O32, O33, D83, M12, M13, M14
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