THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN NETWORKS

Abstract

Successful knowledge, technology and innovation diffusion is a complex practice crucial for the organization’s success and survival in todays globalized world. This paper wants to understand what are the conditions that mostly influence this practice and the managerial that firms can implement to promote it. A substantial amount of literature has been written on each of these three transfer processes on their own, but few articles linked them together highlighting their similarities and differences. This thesis aims to shed some light on the correlations that tie together knowledge, technology and innovation diffusion.