Sách Knowledge Economies: Innovation, Organization And Location

This book makes a strong and coherent contribution to the discussion of the
knowledge economy and of innovation, offering a range of theoretical insights
from different disciplinary perspectives. The role of knowledge, knowledge
development, and knowledge diffusion is discussed at the micro level of
individuals and firms, and also at the level of groups of firms and sectors, as
well as at the level of the economy at large. Dolfsma analyses knowledge
development and diffusion as a thoroughly social process, depending on
communicative structures to support cooperation. The author combines insights
from economics and management with perspectives from sociology (network theory),
anthropology (gift exchange), social psychology, science studies and information
theory (scientometrics), using empirical analyses to demonstrate where knowledge