Arbeitspapier
The regional dimension of knowledge transfers: a behavioral approach
Innovations are inherently connected to knowledge transfers. The need of face-to-face contacts to transfer tacit knowledge is commonly argued to cause a regional dimension of innovative activities. The paper presents an alternative explanation based on a model of boundedly rational actors who search for knowledge. It is shown that a regional dimension exists in these processes that results from a regional bias in an actor's search activities. Social embeddedness, a shared regional identity and limited spatial mobility foster this bias. We argue that insights from research on these topics can help to define the geographic size of a region.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Papers on Economics and Evolution ; No. 0612
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Current Heterodox Approaches: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
- Thema
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Regional Economics
Innovation
Knowledge Transfers
Tacit Knowledge
Bounded Rationality
Wissenstransfer
Regionalökonomik
Raumwirtschaftstheorie
Beschränkte Rationalität
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Broekel, Tom
Binder, Martin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute of Economics
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Jena
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Broekel, Tom
- Binder, Martin
- Max Planck Institute of Economics
Entstanden
- 2006