Abstract
Thus far, knowledge network research has been quantitative research, emphasizing that in limited industries, knowledge creation increasingly strengthens through geographical proximity or institutional connections. Although it has been suggested that knowledge networks should be researched using dynamic rather than static methods, the dynamic process of knowledge networks according to spatiotemporal changes has not been sufficiently researched. This paper uses the Chinese wine industry case to conduct related research. The results show that, first of all, wine-related knowledge creation activities were carried out in the big cities that formed the early market in the mid-2000s, and the geographical conditions in which the spatial scope was expanded were in the places that gradually developed over time. Second, although the spatial scope of knowledge creation activities is expanding with the active participation of private enterprise networks, private enterprises and the overall knowledge creation process are relatively isolated. Finally, in terms of the process of knowledge creation related to wine, in the development of regional linkages organizations relate to the knowledge providers who provide the required information, and have little to do with the geographically close knowledge providers.
Highlights
Studies related to knowledge creation have steadily discussed the diffusion of knowledge through cooperation among institutions based on geographical proximity [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Such research on the knowledge network has led to research on firm-specific characteristics based on geographical proximity, and researchers have argued that the knowledge creation process is gradually transferred in uneven and selective ways [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30]
This study examined the regional–institutional knowledge creation process over time to overcome the limitations of previous research and to promote the use of the dynamic rather than static method
Summary
Studies related to knowledge creation have steadily discussed the diffusion of knowledge through cooperation among institutions based on geographical proximity [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Some traditional analyses have addressed the importance of an organization’s location for knowledge creation [8,9,10,11,12,13,14]. These studies have mainly focused on the locations of industrial clusters [2,15,16,17,18] and claimed that innovation activities are concentrated in specific regions owing to the flow of knowledge through the connections between individuals, corporations, and institutions in these clusters [12,15,19,20,21]. There are studies that have evaluated the effect of academic research
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