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The Relational Economy
Geographies of Knowing and Learning
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234x156mm
978-0-19-958739-1
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23 June 2011
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- Novel theoretical approach focusing on relational perspective of the knowledge economy
- Integrated treatment of theoretical perspective and empirical research
- Trans-disciplinary focus, using theoretical perspectives and discussion from social sciences within a relational framework
- Concise structure to enable reader to attain a clear analytic perspective on the dynamics of the knowledge economy at different spatial scales
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 exchange relations intertwined and co-constituted? What are the impacts of global changes in technology, demand, and competition on the organization of production, and how do these effects vary between communities, regions, and nations?
This book synthesizes theories from
across the social sciences with empirical research and case studies in order to answer these questions and to demonstrate how people and firms organize economic action and interaction across local, national, and global flows of knowledge and innovation. It is structured in four clear parts:
- Part I: Foundations of Relational Thinking
- Part II: Relational Clusters of Knowledge
- Part III: Knowledge Circulation Across Territories
- Part IV: Toward a Relational Economic Policy?
The book employs a novel relational framework, which recognizes values, interpretative frameworks, and decision-making practices as subject to the contextuality of the social institutions that characterize the relationships
between the human agents. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and graduate students across the social sciences, and practitioners in clusters policy.Readership: Academics and graduate students in Management, Economics, Regional Policy, Organization Studies, Geography, Sociology, and Political Economy; and Policy Makers
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Harald Bathelt, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, and Johannes Glückler, Department of Geography, University of Heidelberg Harald Bathelt is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he holds the Senior Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance. He received his PhD and Habilitation (post-doctoral degree) at the University of Giessen, Germany. Previously he was Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany (1998-2002) and the University of Marburg, Germany (2002-2006). His research interests are in the areas of industrial and economic geography, political economy, and
methodology, and he has published on topics such as relational economic geography, knowledge-based conceptions of clusters, local buzz and global pipelines, temporary clusters, innovation systems, and socio-economic impacts of regional and industrial change. He has published books on North American high-technology industries (1991), the German chemical industry (1997), and a textbook on economic geography (2003, with Johannes Glückler).
Johannes Glückler is Professor of Economic and Social Geography and Research Fellow at the Marsilius Center for Advanced Study, the University of Heidelberg. He received his PhD at the University of Frankfurt in 2004. Before joining the University of Heidelberg, he was Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (2006 through 2008). He is Visiting Professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain. His research interests are in the areas of economic geography, social networks, and service industries. Johannes Glückler has published on theories of firm internationalization, urban clustering, the evolution of social networks, and the geography of knowledge. Apart from co-authoring a textbook on economic geography (2003, with Harald Bathelt), he
has written books on spatial concepts in human geography (1999) and knowledge-based business services (2004). Recently, he co-edited a volume on conceptual debates in economic geography (2006). Click here to visit Harald Bathelt's website
Click here to visit Johannes Glückler's website
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Part I: Foundations of Relational Thinking
1: Introduction
2: Relational Action in a Spatial Perspective
3: Structure, Agency, and Institutions
4: Knowledge as a Relational Resource
Part II: Relational Clusters of Knowledge
5: Know-How and Industrial Clusters
6: Know-Who and Urban Service Clusters
7: Local Buzz and Global Pipelines
Part III: Knowledge Circulation Across Territories
8: A Relational Theory of Firm Internationalization
9: From Permanent to Temporary Clusters
10: Global Knowledge Flows in Corporate Networks
Part IV: Toward a Relational Economic Policy?
11: Consequences for Relational Policies
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