Knowledge and the Economy

Abstract

Part I: Knowledge Creation and the Geography of the Economy.- Introduction: Knowledge and the Geography of the Economy: Johannes Gluckler, Peter Meusburger, and Martina El Meskioui.- Relations between Knowledge and Economic Some Methodological Considerations: Peter Meusburger.- A Microeconomic Approach to the Dynamics of Knowledge Creation: Patrick Cohendet, Jean-Alain Heraud, and Patrick Llerena.- Knowledge Creation and the Geographies of Local, Global, and Virtual Buzz: Harald Bathelt and Philip Turi.- Creativity: Who, How, Where?: Edward J. Malecki.- The Problem of Mobilizing Expertise at a Distance: Johannes Gluckler.- Part II: Knowledge and Economic Knowledge, Capabilities, and the Poverty Trap: The Complex Interplay between Technological, Social, and Geographical Factors: Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec.- Economics, Geography, and Knowing Development: Eric Sheppard.- Knowing Mycellf(TM): Personalized Medicine and the Economization of Prospective Knowledge about Bodily Fate: Bronwyn Parry.- KnowledgeScapes: A New Conceptual Approach and Selected Empirical Findings from Research on Knowledge Milieus and Knowledge Networks: Ulf Matthiesen.- Part III Knowledge and Geographical Clusters.- Organizational Legacy and the Internal Dynamics of Clusters: The U.S. Human Biotherapeutics Industry, 1976-2002: Maryann Feldman and Elaine Romanelli.- Knowledge and Space in Economic History: Innovations in the German Empire, 1877-1918: Jochen Streb and Nicole Waidlein.- Cluster Policy: A Guide to the State of the Debate: Christian Ketels: Abstracts of the Contributions.- The Klaus Tschira Foundation.- Index.