Do global production networks and digital information systems make knowledge spatially fluid?

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dc.contributor.authorErnst, Dieter
dc.contributor.authorFagerberg, Jan
dc.contributor.authorHildrum, Jarle
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-19T19:05:07Z
dc.date.available2008-11-19T19:05:07Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionFor more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a>
dc.description.abstractDigital Information Systems (DIS) electronic systems that integrate software and hardware to enable communication and collaborative work are increasingly used to manage global production networks (GPN). There is a widespread belief that these developments create new opportunities for organizational learning and knowledge exchange across organizational and national boundaries, hence making knowledge more spatially fluid. This would have important implications for the location of knowledge intensive activities worldwide and the global distribution of income. The paper assesses these expectations. We conclude that, despite DIS, the fluidity of knowledge remains constrained in space: while cross-border exchange of knowledge has penetrated new geographic areas, it remains limited to a finite number of specialized clusters.
dc.format.extent36 pages
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/3674
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherHonolulu: East-West Center
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEast-West Center working papers. Economics series ; no. 43
dc.subject.lcshInformation technology
dc.subject.lcshKnowledge, Theory of
dc.subject.lcshGlobalization
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial management - Technological innovations
dc.subject.lcshBusiness networks
dc.titleDo global production networks and digital information systems make knowledge spatially fluid?
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