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| Title: | | The regional dimension of knowledge transfers: a behavioral approach  |
| Authors: | | Broekel, Tom Binder, Martin |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Papers on economics and evolution 0612 |
| Abstract: | | Innovations are inherently connected to knowledge transfers. The need of face-to-face contacts to transfer tacit knowledge is commonly argued to cause a regional dimension of innovative activities. The paper presents an alternative explanation based on a model of boundedly rational actors who search for knowledge. It is shown that a regional dimension exists in these processes that results from a regional bias in an actorâs search activities. Social embeddedness, a shared regional identity and limited spatial mobility foster this bias. We argue that insights from research on these topics can help to define the geographic size of a region. |
| Subjects: | | Regional Economics Innovation Knowledge Transfers Tacit Knowledge Bounded Rationality |
| JEL: | | D83 O31 R12 B52 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Papers on Economics and Evolution, MPI für Ökonomik
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