THE GOVERNANCE OF KNOWLEDGE COMPOSITENESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN EUROPE

Abstract

Knowledge compositeness measures the variety of scientific disciplines that it is necessary to command in order to generate new technological knowledge. The paper investigates the relations between the knowledge compositeness of the flow of patents delivered to the main European automobile companies and the evolution of their technological and product market shares. Compositeness confirms to be an important characteristic of private knowledge: its governance exerts strong and positive effects on the technological and competitive advantage of firms. Knowledge compositeness has strong effects on the mechanisms of knowledge governance and management of technology. Appropriate measures of knowledge compositeness make it possible to qualify the quantitative measures of the technological competence of firms based upon patents counts.     

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE GOVERNANCE OF KNOWLEDGE: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF CORPORATE COHERENCE

Abstract

Corporate governance and the governance of knowledge were for a long time distinct fields of analysis. Reasons for this incompatibility are linked to the restricted vision of corporate governance supported by shareholder value which essentially refers to information rather than knowledge. In this paper, we argue that other visions of corporate governance exist which are also closer to knowledge dynamics and knowledge governance problems. We elaborate thus on the possible reconciliation between corporate governance and the governance of knowledge. We sustain that each key actor (the manager and the investor) embodies a piece of diversified and localized knowledge related to his/her specific domain and field of experience, and these different modules of knowledge have to be recombined by an appropriate mode of corporate governance that stimulates corporate development. In this perspective, the reconciliation really appears essential since managers, by defining and selecting innovative processes, and investors, by determining the money that is invested to sustain these processes, both take part in the creation and governance of new knowledge by the firm. We show that this reconciliation can be based on the notion of corporate coherence of the cognitive firm that allows replacing the conventional conflicting vision of corporate governance by a new vision based on cooperation between managers and investors that collectively contribute to corporate development and coherence.     

区域空间结构重组:理论基础、动力机制及其实现

区域空间结构重组是社会经济大转型时期重要任务之一。通过对空间结构惯性、区域发展与空间结构的互动关系等理论问题的探讨,明确了区域空间结构重组的被动性和阶段性等一般规律;八大动力机制的系统分析为空间结构重组提供了理论依据;区域空间结构组成的五大要素的优化是实现结构重组的有效途径。     

知识经济与人口压力：21世纪中国城市化发展理念

从知识经济时代城市化发展的机遇与挑战出发,结合中国人口现状对中国城市化发展压力的阐述,本文认为21世纪中国城市化理念选择必须优先确立人的转型,并探讨了其实现的具体措施,分析了其主要基础理论。     

"西部大开发"与"振兴东北老工业基地"战略的比较与思考——兼论国家制订地区发展战略的科学内涵与内容范畴

与“东部率先实现现代化”战略不同,“西部大开发”与“振兴东北老工业基地”战略没有将未来两地区在全国的地位进行明确,也没有阐释出地区发展的战略重点。通过剖析东北与西部地区在全国未来发展格局中的地位,揭示出其由于基础条件的差异引起的不同战略目标和战略重点,从而塑造地区发展战略的科学内涵;通过比较两大战略相同内容如产业结构调整和技术升级、空间非均衡发展战略、对外开放等,得出全国地区发展战略的主要内容。