Contents: Preface 1. Introduction Andreas Pyka and Horst Hanusch Part I: Knowledge and Cognition 2. Conjectures, Constructs and Conflicts: A Framework for Understanding Imagineering Arnold Wentzel 3. Learning from Disaster Robin Cowan, Emmanuelle Fauchart, Dominique Foray and Philip Gunby Part II: Studies of Knowledge-Based Industries 4. The Value of Knowledge Integration in Biotechnology Lionel Nesta 5. The Anchor Tenant Hypothesis Revisited: Computer Software Clusters in North America Norhene Chabchoub and Jorge Niosi 6. Industry Dynamics in the German Insurance Market Michael Menhart, Andreas Pyka, Bernd Ebersberger and Horst Hanusch Part III: The Geographical Dimension of Knowledge-Based Economies 7. A Process Model of Locational Change in Entrepreneurial Firms: An Evolutionary Perspective Erik Stam 8. The Diffusion of the Steam Engine in Eighteenth-Century Britain Alessandro Nuvolari, Bart Verspagen and Nick von Tunzelmann 9. Knowledge Diffusion with Complex Cognition Piergiuseppe Morone and Richard Taylor Part IV: Measuring and Modelling for Knowledge-Based Economies 10. A Non-Parametric Method to Identify Nonlinearities in Global Productivity Catch-up Performance Bart Los 11. Self-Reinforcing Dynamics and the Evolution of Business Firms Giulio Bottazzi and Angelo Secchi Index