The relational economy: geographies of knowing and learning

"How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this organization vary from place to place? What are the new geographies emerging from the need to create, access, and share knowledge, and sustain competitiveness? In what ways are local clusters and global exchan...

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Main Authors: Bathelt, Harald (Author) , Glückler, Johannes (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2011
Edition:1st publ.
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Online Access:Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis, Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/638234883.pdf
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Author Notes:Harald Bathelt and Johannes Glückler
Table of Contents:
  • Foundations of relational thinking. Introduction
  • relational action in a spatial perspective
  • Structure, agency, and institutions
  • Knowledge as a relational resource
  • Relational clusters of knowledge. Know-how and industrial clusters
  • Know-who and urban service clusters
  • Local buzz and global pipelines
  • Knowledge circulation across territories. A relational theory of firm internationalization
  • From permanent to temporary clusters
  • Global knowledge flows in corporate networks. Toward a relational economic policy?
  • Consequences for relational policies.