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The Knowledge Capital of the Network Firm: Socialization Versus Business Appropriation of Scientific Work

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The changes that have affected academic institutions and scientific work in the past 20 years can be explained by the evolution of the firm’s organization and strategy. The current network firm represents the fourth stage in the organization of production, characterized by the importance of networks, linking salaried people from the firm and from many other institutions like universities and research centers, with the aim to increase the innovation capacity. The constitution of the enterprise knowledge capital largely involves academics institutions and scholars themselves who are urged to commercialize their research and develop narrow partnerships with companies. We analyze the impacts of this privatization of knowledge with respect to its orientation and private appropriation. The rules of the markets are now dominating the production of knowledge which may explain the increasing flexibility and agility asked to academic institutions and work.

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  1. Research Unit on Industry and Innovation, Université du Littoral Cote d’Opale, Dunkerque, France

    Blandine Laperche & Dimitri Uzunidis

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  1. University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Gerald Bast

  2. European Union Research Center, GWU School of Business, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Elias G. Carayannis

  3. Unit for Quality Enhancement (UQE), University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  4. Department for Continuing Education Research and Educational Technologies, Center for Educational Management and Higher Education Development, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  5. Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

  6. Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF), Department of Science Communication and Higher Education Research, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

    David F. J. Campbell

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Laperche, B., Uzunidis, D. (2019). The Knowledge Capital of the Network Firm: Socialization Versus Business Appropriation of Scientific Work. In: Bast, G., Carayannis, E.G., Campbell, D.F.J. (eds) The Future of Education and Labor. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26068-2_5

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