Knowledge and the Economy

Part I. Knowledge Creation and the Geography of the Economy

1. Introduction: Knowledge and the Geography of the Economy
Johannes Glückler, Peter Meusburger, Martina El Meskioui

2. Relations Between Knowledge and Economic Development: Some Methodological Considerations
Peter Meusburger

3. A Microeconomic Approach to the Dynamics of Knowledge Creation
Patrick Cohendet, Jean-Alain Héraud, Patrick Llerena

4. Knowledge Creation and the Geographies of Local, Global, and Virtual Buzz
Harald Bathelt, Philip G. Turi

5. Creativity: Who, How, Where?
Edward J. Malecki

6. The Problem of Mobilizing Expertise at a Distance
Johannes Glückler

Part II. Knowledge and Economic Development

7. Knowledge, Capabilities, and the Poverty Trap: The Complex Interplay Between Technological, Social, and Geographical Factors
Jan Fagerberg, Martin Srholec

8. Economics, Geography, and Knowing “Development”
Eric Sheppard

9. Knowing Mycellf™: Personalized Medicine and the Economization of Prospective Knowledge about Bodily Fate
Bronwyn Parry

10. KnowledgeScapes
Ulf Matthiesen

Part III. Knowledge and Geographical Clusters

11. Organizational Legacy and the Internal Dynamics of Clusters: The U.S. Human Biotherapeutics Industry, 1976–2002
Maryann Feldman, Elaine Romanelli

12. Knowledge and Space in Economic History: Innovations in the German Empire, 1877–1918
Jochen Streb, Nicole Waidlein

13. Cluster Policy: A Guide to the State of the Debate
Christian Ketels

Avainsanat: Geography, Economic Geography, Innovation/Technology Management, Industrial Organization, Economics/Management Science, general, Communication Studies