Worldwide Knowledge?

Global Firms, Local Labour and the Region
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4724-1016-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Economic Geography Series

Putting forward a comprehensive view of knowledge with a specific perspective on place and space, this book provides a new perspective on the globalisation of knowledge. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, the principal agenda of this volume is to open up a perspective ’beyond knowledge’ - i.e. beyond the interpretation of knowledge as scientific-technical knowledge. Author Martina Fuchs introduces further kinds of knowledge and interpretation which influence managements’ perception of globalisation and therefore the knowledge which is going global. She refers to knowledge in the sense of experiences, competencies in the production and labour process, as well as mutually shared mental constructs which are embedded in a context of understanding and interpretation. Exploring beyond the meaning of worldwide knowledge as general open access knowledge, this book also discusses barriers to knowledge, problems of transfer, and the influence of governance and control.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fuchs, Martina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface. Part I Introduction: Worldwide knowledge? Global firms, local labour and the region. Part II Knowledge: Conceptual Deliberations: Knowledge in the global economy; Scientific-technical knowledge and the knowledge-based society; Beyond scientific-technical knowledge; Beyond knowledge: the relevance of interpretation; Knowledge and interpretation in temporal dynamics: learning; Knowledge and interpretation in place and space; Interim conclusion. Part III Globalisation of Knowledge in R&D and Production - Empirical Insights: Studies on the globalisation of knowledge: methodological introduction; Empirical evidence for the 'star of knowledge and interpretation'; Globalisation of scientific-technical, R&D-related knowledge; Globalisation of production-related knowledge; Impacts on the North: globalisation of knowledge as a race to the bottom or industrial transition with new arrangements worldwide; Summary and discussion. References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Martina Fuchs is Professor at the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany.