5 Result(s)
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Connectivity in Contiguity: Conventions and Taboos of Imitation in Colocated Networks
Imitation is a key learning mechanism for inventions. What are the conditions that favor learning by imitation? A perspective of social networks focuses on the effect of connectivity on knowledge outcomes. A g...
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Exploring the Interaction of Space and Networks in the Creation of Knowledge: An Introduction
The book series on Knowledge & Space explores the nature of human knowledge from a geographical perspective. How to create, share, and adopt new knowledge is a core question in the social sciences. Processes o...
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Introduction: Knowledge and the Geography of the Economy
This introductory chapter revisits the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in the process of economic development. It challenges some of the persistent puzzles in traditional economic thought about knowle...
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The Problem of Mobilizing Expertise at a Distance
This chapter conceptualizes knowledge management within a trade-off between organizational coherence and geographical expansion. It focuses on an extensive corporate case study of a globally distributed medium...
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A New Service Typology: Geographical Diversity and Dynamics of the German Service Economy
The heterogeneity of activities within the service economy still seems to be little understood. Service typologies are affluent yet incomplete and often partial in their focus. As a consequence, interregional ...
