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

dc.contributor.author Ernst, Dieter
dc.contributor.author Fagerberg, Jan
dc.contributor.author Hildrum, Jarle
dc.date.accessioned 2008-11-19T19:05:07Z
dc.date.available 2008-11-19T19:05:07Z
dc.date.issued 2002
dc.description For more about the East-West Center, see <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/">http://www.eastwestcenter.org/</a>
dc.description.abstract Digital 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.extent 36 pages
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3674
dc.language.iso en-US
dc.publisher Honolulu: East-West Center
dc.relation.ispartofseries East-West Center working papers. Economics series ; no. 43
dc.subject.lcsh Information technology
dc.subject.lcsh Knowledge, Theory of
dc.subject.lcsh Globalization
dc.subject.lcsh Industrial management - Technological innovations
dc.subject.lcsh Business networks
dc.title Do global production networks and digital information systems make knowledge spatially fluid?
dc.type Papers
dc.type.dcmi Text
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