Tacit Knowledge and the Economy

Abstract

Twelve papers explore the multiple relationships between knowledge, the economy, and space. Papers discuss relations between knowledge and economic development--some methodological considerations; a microeconomic approach to the dynamics of knowledge creation; knowledge creation and the geographies of local, global, and virtual buzz; creativity--who, how, and where?; the problem of mobilizing expertise at a distance; knowledge, capabilities, and the poverty trap--the complex interplay between technological, social, and geographical factors; economics, geography, and knowing "development"; knowing Mycellf--personalized medicine and the economization of prospective knowledge about bodily fate; KnowledgeScapes--a new conceptual approach and selected empirical findings from research on knowledge milieus and knowledge networks; organizational legacy and the internal dynamics of clusters--the U.S. human biotherapeutics industry, 1976-2002; knowledge and space in economic history--innovations in the German Empire, 1877-1918; and cluster policy--a guide to the state of the debate. Meusburger, Gluckler, and El Meskioui are with the Department of Geography at Heidelberg University. Index.