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Knowledge absorption in cities and regions

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Author	Einem, Eberhard
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Der vorliegende Aufsatz thematisiert die geographischen Voraussetzungen und Folgen der Absorption fremden Wissens und dessen lernende Verarbeitung durch den Empfänger. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass kein Unternehmen, kein Forschungsinstitut und keine Stadtregion für sich allein in der Lage ist, auf allen Gebieten aus eigener Kraft top-aktuelles Wissen zu generieren. Vielmehr dominiert die Koevolution neuen Wissens in nationalen und regionalen Innovationssystemen. Wissen wird als Bündel verschiedener Wissensbausteinen konzeptualisiert, die stets nur zum Teil selbst generiert werden können, zu anderen Teilen jedoch exogen beschafft, absorbiert und lernende übernommen werden müssen, um alle Wissenselemente vollständig zusammen zu führen, die für radikale Innovationen erforderlich sind. Die Absorption fremden Wissens setzt dabei fachlich qualifiziertes Vorwissen voraus, das bereits vorher lokal vorhanden sein muß, um am internationalen Wissensdiskurs teilnehmen zu können. Stadtregionen mit überproportional hohem Anteil an Hochqualifizierten sind im Lichte des globalen Innovations-, Kosten- und Zeitwettbewerbs prädestiniert, diese Wissensbündelung schneller als andere Regionen zu leisten, um Wissensvorsprünge und damit Wettbewerbsvorteile zu erzielen.The paper explores both the geographical preconditions and effects of the knowledge absorption process from the perspective of the recipitent. The paper starts from the observation that neither any single firm, nor any research institute nor any city region alone and by itself is capable of generating top level knowledge in every relevant scientific field. Knowledge is conceptualized as a bundle of knowledge elements that the innovating organization must be able to bring together fully. Without the complete set of all relevant knowledge elements—including the most sticky tacit knowledge—no radical innovation breakthrough is conceivable. The consequence is: innovation depends on bundling knowledge generated with absorbing external knowledge that is missing locally and to quickly recombine these imported elements of knowledge with locally available knowledge. In the context of national and regional innovations systems new knowledge is a rather co-evolving process. However, successfully participating in global scientific discourses depends on prior related knowledge that must be locally ready available prior to any new invention. Without investing in such prior related knowledge neither firms nor individuals are capable both to understand and absorb external knowledge. Given the current cost- and time-constrains, cities and regions with large pools of talent seem to be in a relative strong competitive position. Via constantly renewing their knowledge base and upgrading regional labour markets in terms of the local mix of qualifications cities and regions -even those with labour costs above average—might successfully be able to sustain competitive advantages in the global race for innovations. Generating knowledge alone without quickly absorbing and combining external knowledge is not sufficient.
Starting Page	131
Ending Page	153
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01737600
Journal	Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft
Volume Number	31
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16139836
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-09-28
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Absorption of knowledge Codified versus tacit konowlege Innovation Geography and spatial consenquences Geography (general) Population Economics Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Regional/Spatial Science Environmental Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Economics and Econometrics

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