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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Learning and Knowledge Exchange
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Theories of Learning and Complex Dynamics
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Path-Dependent Processes of Knowledge Exchange
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Innovation and Its Spatial Impacts
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Impacts of Innovations in Telecommunications and Transport
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About this book
Our research confirms that we are presently in the midst of an era of rapid and explosive change. The primary engine driving this latest transformation of the post-industrial society is generally thought to be technological. But such an explanation is too narrow. Broadly speaking, the age in which we find ourselves could be more aptly described as a global, knowledge-intensive age. Many of today's knowledge-intensive activities, like research and development (R&D) programs, are being conducted with relative ease on a multinational scale. As well as science having an increasing impact on processes of innovation, R&D activities also have become more complex. We can observe a growing sophistication of learning-by-doing among creative economic agents. This more sophisticated era of global knowledge exchange is facilitated by major advances in our infrastructure networks. In this highly interactive world, many innovations are by-products of collective exchanges between cities far apart, simplified by the ease of transport and communication. Thus, there is a need for us to look more closely at various collective sequences of learning, knowledge exchange and innovation in a spatial setting. This is the primary purpose of this book.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning, Innovation and Urban Evolution
Editors: David F. Batten, Cristoforo S. Bertuglia, Dino Martellato, Sylvie Occelli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4609-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8577-6Published: 31 July 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7083-3Published: 11 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4609-2Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 310
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Economic Geography