Spatialising knowledge: placing the knowledge community of Motor Sport Valley

Henry, Nick; Pinch, Steven

doi:10.1016/s0016-7185(99)00038-x

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“…This reflects the general importance of informal relations, which have been found to provide access to influencing decisions by policymakers (Furlong 1997). The economic geography literature highlights the significance of interaction at the local and regional scales for the development of such informal relations (Storper 1997;Henry and Pinch 2000;Maskell 2001;Dahl and Pedersen 2004). Further, it is suggested that temporary proximity in the form of regular face-to-face meetings may allow the establishment of similar relations (Torre and Rallett 2005).…”

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Interdisciplinary research and geography: Overcoming barriers through proximity

Rekers

Hansen

2014

Science and Public Policy

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Interdisciplinary research and geography: Overcoming barriers through proximityRekers, Josephine V.; Hansen, Teis General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. AbstractContributions on interdisciplinary research have so far focused on barriers to such collaborations and strategies for overcoming these. In this paper, we propose that a geographical perspective contributes to understand the formation of successful interdisciplinary research collaborations. The empirical analysis of a centre for clinical cancer research illustrates the importance of considering the role of geographical proximity to collaborators and decision makers, as well as the co-location of excellent research groups within different fields, in overcoming barriers to interdisciplinary research. We suggest that policies aimed at stimulating lasting interdisciplinary research collaborations should take the distance between collaborators into account. AcknowledgementsThe data for this case study was collected with Elena Zukauskaite (CIRCLE, Lund University). This research is part of a larger research project, "Organisational change for innovation and institutional entrepreneurship in health care systems" (ICIS), with partners in Finland (Sotarauta and colleagues) and Norway (Isaksen and Karlsen). The authors thank Ron Boschma and two anonymous referees for valuable comments. AbstractContributions on interdisciplinary research have so far focused on barriers to such collaborations and strategies for overcoming these. In this paper, we propose that a geographical perspective contributes to understand the formation of successful interdisciplinary research collaborations. The empirical analysis of a centre for clinical cancer research illustrates the importance of considering the role of geographical proximity to collaborators and decision-makers, as well as the co-location of excellent research groups within different fields, in overcoming barriers to interdisciplinary research. We suggest that policies aimed at stimulating lasting interdisciplinary research collaborations should take the distance between collaborators into account.

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Interdisciplinary research and geography: Overcoming barriers through proximity

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Hansen

2014

Science and Public Policy

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“…A major reason for this is that the focus on inter-firm knowledge activities tends to neglect personal, and often informal, relationships of individuals; this is the level where the mechanisms of learning actually take place (Malmberg and Power, 2005, 421). With a few exceptions (in particular Benner, 2003;Dahl and Pedersen, 2004;Grabher and Ibert, 2006;Henry and Pinch, 2000;Ibrahim et al, 2009;Kesidou et 5 al., 2009;Lissoni, 2001;Østergaard, forthcoming;Saxenian, 1996) the literature has not looked closely at cross-firm knowledge links beyond the firm-level and formal linkages. A notable exception in this respect is the survey by Ibrahim et al (2009), which suggests that inventors in US telecommunication clusters benefit more from local sources of knowledge and knowledge spillovers than inventors not located in clusters.…”

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Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

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2011

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A widespread assumption in economic geography and the economics of innovation is that firms located in clusters benefit from territorial learning and knowledge spillovers. However, it remains unclear to what extent these benefits actually occur. This paper aims to address this issue and examines to what extent research and development (R&D) workers in the Cambridge Information Technology (IT) Cluster benefit from being located in the Cluster. The study shows why many do not believe that their work benefits from being located in the Cluster. The results suggest that academics as well as policy makers need to be more careful with the assumption of technological knowledge spillovers in innovative clusters. The significant advantages of the Cambridge IT Cluster seem to be of a different nature; in particular they concern labour market advantages and benefits from the global 'brand' of Cambridge.

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“…In this sense it is viewed as a vehicle which raises knowledge levels within the community of firms as a whole (Henry and Pinch 2000). Alternatively, labour mobility may be realised via migration at a number of scales both within companies and external to them.…”

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Knowledge transfer and management in tourism organisations: An emerging research agenda

2009

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This paper reviews current research on knowledge management and knowledge transfer in the context of innovations. Specific attention is focussed on the integration of management perspectives into tourism research. The paper explores some of the key mechanisms and conduits of knowledge transfer within tourism. In doing so it explores such concepts as interlocking directorships, communities of practice, learning regions and labour mobility. There is also an emerging research agenda on knowledge management within tourism but progress is variable with most research being within the hotel sector, where a range of recent studies have examined aspects of knowledge transfer. The paper also draws attention to the need to give closer attention to the nature of innovations within tourism and to consider these in a knowledge management framework

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Spatialising knowledge: placing the knowledge community of Motor Sport Valley

Cited by 195 publications

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Interdisciplinary research and geography: Overcoming barriers through proximity

Interdisciplinary research and geography: Overcoming barriers through proximity

Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

Knowledge transfer and management in tourism organisations: An emerging research agenda

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