Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31802 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2006
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0612
Verlag: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Zusammenfassung: 
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 actor's 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.
Schlagwörter: 
Regional Economics
Innovation
Knowledge Transfers
Tacit Knowledge
Bounded Rationality
JEL: 
D83
O31
R12
B52
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
479.66 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.