scholarly journals Global connections and the structure of skills in local co-worker networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
László Lőrincz ◽  
Guilherme Kenji Chihaya ◽  
Anikó Hannák ◽  
Dávid Takács ◽  
Balázs Lengyel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Industry Clusters ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Skill Composition ◽  
Global Connections ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Global Work

Abstract Social connections that reach distant places are advantageous for individuals, firms and cities, providing access to new skills and knowledge. However, systematic evidence on how firms build global knowledge access is still lacking. In this paper, we analyse how global work connections relate to differences in the skill composition of employees within companies and local industry clusters. We gather survey data from 10% of workers in a local industry in Sweden, and complement this with digital trace data to map co-worker networks and skill composition. This unique combination of data and features allows us to quantify global connections of employees and measure the degree of skill similarity and skill relatedness to co-workers. We find that workers with extensive local networks typically have skills related to those of others in the region and to those of their co-workers. Workers with more global ties typically bring in less related skills to the region. These results provide new insights into the composition of skills within knowledge-intensive firms by connecting the geography of network contacts to the diversity of skills accessible through them.

Moving Towards a Knowledge City?

2012 ◽  
pp. 114-131
Author(s):  
Tan Yigitcanlar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Attraction And Retention

In the global knowledge economy, knowledge-intensive industries and knowledge workers are extensively seen as the primary factors to improve the welfare and competitiveness of cities. To attract and retain such industries and workers, cities produce knowledge-based urban development strategies, where such strategising is an important development mechanism for cities and their economies. This paper investigates knowledge-based urban development strategies of Brisbane, Australia that support generation, attraction, and retention of investment and talent. The paper puts forward a clear understanding on the policy frameworks, and relevant applications of Brisbane’s knowledge-based urban development experience in becoming a prosperous knowledge city, and concludes by providing invaluable insights and directions for other cities seeking knowledge-based urban development.

Empirical Study of Knowledge Fusion Process within Chinese High-Tech Industry Clusters Based on Information Fusion Method

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 353-361
Author(s):  
Congying Wang ◽  
Bei Hu ◽  
Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Fusion ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Industry Clusters ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Industry Cluster ◽  
High Tech Industry

In order to consider the future development of high-tech industry clusters, this paper applies an evolution perspective to look into the knowledge integration process from both local and global knowledge linkages of entrepreneurs within the industry cluster. This paper has established a model to explore the entrepreneur's knowledge spillover and diffusion process which promotes the high-technology industry cluster's technology upgrading. Analysis is based on data from questionnaires and interviews with 182 entrepreneurs in the Dongwan software high-tech industry cluster of Guangdong, China. Using the information fusion method the study analyses the distinction of high-tech industry clusters between developing countries and developed countries based on the survey, and found that the knowledge integration process has tremendous influence on industry cluster development, and the co-existence of both high levels of local and global knowledge linkages can greatly affect entrepreneur development and the possibility for the cluster to undertake transformation.

scholarly journals Buzz and Pipelines: Knowledge and Decision-Making in a Global Business Services Precinct

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Ville ◽  
Claire Wright
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Interaction ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Global Connections ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Global Business Services

This paper provides a historical analysis of an urban services district through its examination of the Melbourne wool trade precinct in the 1920s. It is a study of both a local and global community whose social and spatial interaction facilitated large-scale trade of a complex commodity that has rarely been examined. Geographic mapping of the local and global connections of the precinct has been combined with archival evidence. It reveals the “buzz” of the Melbourne precinct, created by local social and professional connections among wool brokers and buyers. “Pipelines” to wool growing and textile regions were developed through overseas branches of firms, with global knowledge exchanged through correspondence, telegraph, and migration. These features shaped the progress of the trade, facilitating improvements in its infrastructure and in the ability of Melbourne’s wool brokers and buyers to fulfill their role as intermediaries in the global supply chain for this complex commodity.

scholarly journals How Technology and Innovation Drive Two Emerging Giants: China and India?

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Douglas Zhihua Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Critical Mass ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
China And India ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Innovation Clusters

Being the two most populous, and rapidly catching up developing countries, China and India's emergence is briskly changing the global growth dynamism and economic structure, and has been receiving great global attention all over the world. This paper is intended to examine these two countries' successes from a knowledge and innovation perspective, and to highlight some policy measures for ensuring long-term success. According to the author, the success of these two countries can be mainly attributed to: 1) successful economic reforms backed with clear visions and strategies from the top leadership in the face of crises; 2) tapping into the global knowledge and technologies through FDI foreign direct investment (mainly China) or Diaspora (especially India); 3) the creation of critical mass of innovation and human capital capabilities through a large pool of scientists and engineers and skilled labors; and 4) catching newly emerging knowledge-intensive industries such as information and communications technology (ICTs) and software. To maintain the current dynamisms and ensure continued success, both China and India need to take some effective measures to strengthen their long-term institutional, innovative, and human capacities. These mainly include improving the governance and the overall investment climate; spurring science and technology (S&T) and innovation activities, especially those of the private sector, and strengthening technology diffusion; enhancing R&D efficiency through better linkage with the production sector; further tapping into the global knowledge and technology stock; further leveraging the innovation clusters; improving the quality of education, especially that of the higher education, and establishing a lifelong learning system through a solid accreditation, certification, and qualification system, and extensive use of modern technologies.

Trust in Networks and Clusters

2011 ◽  
pp. 1691-1696
Author(s):  
Patrice Braun
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Industry Clusters ◽  
Local Networks ◽  
Economic Climate ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
City State

It is widely accepted that technological change underpins a global economy and that geographic location and concentration is of foremost importance for regional development and competitive advantage. The realities of global competition require an understanding on the local level of global markets and the complexities of interactions with multiple stakeholders along global supply and value chains. There is increasing evidence that the performance of existing enterprises is significantly improved by networking and clustering. Especially for small- to medium-size enterprise (SME) owners, which play an important role in the economy of countries, local networks represent a potentially complementary response to insecurity arising from global economic developments. In the new economy, networks and clusters are regionally driven with local communities seeking to maintain their social, environmental and economic agendas in a global economic climate. The geographic scope of clusters can vary from a single city, state or region to a network of companies across state borders or even country borders. As industry clusters become more accepted, their definition, boundaries and composition become more complex, which has led some cluster researchers to focus on clustering activities rather than on clusters as such. This article focuses on clustering activities with an emphasis on network relationships.

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