1. Developments in the Analysis of the Knowledge Economy - Introductory Comments - Knut Ingar Westeren PART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 2. The Changing Role of Knowledge in the Knowledge Economy Concepts of Knowledge and Knowledge Management - Hans Siggaard Jensen 3. Growth of the Knowledge-Based Economy in a two-Person Non-Cooperative Game - Hanas A. Cader, John C. Leatherman PART II: INNOVATION 4. Innovation: From Schumpeter to the Knowledge Economy - Knut Ingar Westeren 5. Star Scientists and Regional Knowledge Transfer - Michaela Trippl, Gunther Maier 6. Firm Productivity in Innovative Urban Milieus - Frank G. van Oort, Otto Raspe 7. Not Being There: Why Local Innovation is Not (Always) Related to Local Factors - Richard Shearmur 8. Innovation and Creative Leadership in Local Government - Jan Ole Vanebo, Alex Murdock PART III: LEARNING AND SKILLS 9. How to Improve the Region's Ability to Learn? A Micro-Level Model on Regional Actor's Knowledge and (Informal) Learning Processes - Manfred Walser, Roland Scherer 10. Managing the New Knowledge Workers - Kjell-Age Gotvassli 11. What Drives Skill-Biased Regional Employment Growth in West Germany? - Alexander Cordes PART IV: CLUSTERS AND PRODUCTIVITY 12. Clusters and Cluster Development in the Knowledge Economy - Andreas P. Cornett 13. International Virtual Industry Clusters and SMEs: Early Process Policy Recommendations - Meir Russ, Jeannette K. Jones 14. The Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Process: A Poultry Cluster in the Western Region of The State of Parana, Brazil - Jefferson Andronio Ramundo Staduto, Knut Ingar Westeren, Clarissa Pereira Junqueira Index