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Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems

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Editors:
  1. Manfred M. Fischer

    1. Department of Economic Geography & Geoinformatics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Josef Fröhlich

    1. Business Division Systems Research, Technology-Economy-Environment, Austria Research Centre Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf, Austria

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  • Addresses the relationship between knowledge, complexity and innovation systems.
  • Provides an overview about the state of the art of the role of innovation systems and knowledge creation and diffusion in geographical space.
  • Broad research coverage makes it invaluable reading for researchers and professionals in the subject area.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems: Prologue

    1. Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems: Prologue

      • Manfred M. Fischer, Josef Fröhlich
      Pages 1-17

  4. Knowledge Creation and Spillovers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Scaling Knowledge Production: How Significant is the Region?

      • Arnoud Lagendijk
      Pages 79-100

    3. Knowledge Spillovers in a Spatial Context — A Critical Review and Assessment

      • Charlie Karlsson, Agostino Manduchi
      Pages 101-123

    4. The Role of Space in the Creation of Knowledge in Austria. An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis

      • Manfred M. Fischer, Josef Fröhlich, Helmut Gassler, Attila Varga
      Pages 124-145

    5. Knowledge Spillovers in High Technology Agglomerations: Measurement and Modelling

      • Elsie Echeverri-Carroll
      Pages 146-161
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In recent years there has been growing scientific interest in the triangular relationship between knowledge. complexity and innovation systems. The concept of'innovation systems' carries the idea that innovations do not originate as isolated discrete phenomena, but are generated through the interaction of a number of actors or agents. This set of actors and interactions possess certain specific characteristics that tend to remain over time. Such characteristics are also shared by national, regional, sectoral and technological interaction systems. They can all be represented as sets of [institutional] actors and interactions, whose ultimate goal is the production and diffusion of knowledge. The major theoretical and policy problem posed by these systems is that knowledge is generated not only by individuals and organisations, but also by the often complex pattern of interaction between them. To understand how organisations create new products, new production techniques and new organisational forms is important. An even more fundamental need is to understand how organisations create new knowledge if this knowledge creation lies in the mobilisation and conversion of tacit knowledge. Although much has been written about the importance of knowledge in management, little attention has been paid to how knowledge is created and how the knowledge­ creation process is managed. The third component of the research triangle concerns complexity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economic Geography & Geoinformatics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

    Manfred M. Fischer

  • Business Division Systems Research, Technology-Economy-Environment, Austria Research Centre Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf, Austria

    Josef Fröhlich

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