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Broekel, Tom and Binder, Martin (2007) The regional dimension of knowledge transfers—a behavioral approach. Industry & Innovation, 14 (2). pp. 151-175. ISSN 1366-2716
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Regional economics, innovation, knowledge transfers, tacit knowledge, bounded rationality |
| Schools and Departments: | School of Business, Management and Economics > SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Martin Binder |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2012 15:50 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2019 16:11 |
| URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40794 |