Changing Value Chain of the Swiss Knowledge Economy: Spatial Impact of Intra-firm and Inter-firm Networks within the Emerging Mega-City Region of Northern Switzerland

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1113-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Thierstein ◽  
Stefan Lüthi ◽  
Christian Kruse ◽  
Simone Gabi ◽  
Lars Glanzmann
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
City Region ◽  
Northern Switzerland ◽  
Firm Networks

Von Joburg nach Gauteng: Transformation der City of Gold zur Global City Region?

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Haferburg ◽  
Jürgen Oßenbrügge
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global City ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
City Region

ZusammenfassungJohannesburg wird in der World- und Global-City-Forschung zumeist als einzige Metropole Afrikas mit globaler Bedeutung eingeordnet. Die Agglomeration verdankt ihre Existenz der internationalen Kapitalinvestition in den Goldbergbau, war aber in ihrer 130jährigen Geschichte vielfachen Transformationen unterworfen. Seit dem Ende der Apartheid bestimmen globale Einbindung, Tertiärisierung sowie Flächen- und Bevölkerungswachstum das Bild. Der vorliegende Text analysiert sowohl die Verflechtungen mit und Abhängigkeiten von globalen Dynamiken als auch die Persistenzen und Veränderungen der national und lokal angelegten urbanen Entwicklungspfade. Ausgangspunkt sind die Global-City- bzw. Global-City-Region- und Global-Value-Chain-Debatten, inklusive der darauf bezogenen Kritik. Die Verschiebung der Perspektive von Johannesburg auf Gauteng als global eingebundene „Megaregion“ bildet die empirische Rückbindung.

After method? Ethnography in the knowledge economy

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mills ◽  
Richard Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Quantitative Measurement ◽  
Social Research ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Qualitative Social Research ◽  
Accounting Practice ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Economic Expectations

In this article we argue that the knowledge economy is reshaping anthropological research and popular understandings of ethnography. Interviews with British social anthropologists working in, and outside, academia provide insights into how the practices and meanings of ethnography are being reworked. UK policy expectations that research (and its impact) can be measured, monitored and accounted for in monetary terms place particular demands on qualitative social research. To make our case, we focus on the prominence of the business metaphor of the ‘value chain’ in contemporary accounting practice and its use in the quantitative measurement of social research. Within social anthropology this new economy of measurement can be seen in debates over fieldwork practice. We show that as anthropology departments harden their methodological allegiances to fieldwork, very different understandings of ethnography are being developed beyond the academy. We conclude that methods, and debates over methods, are prisms through which to understand the changing social and economic expectations placed upon qualitative research.

scholarly journals Knowledge Economy and Regional Innovation Policy Milieu

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 614-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Patrizia Vittoria ◽  
Pasquale Persico
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Definition Of

The emergence of the knowledge economy has resulted in a new definition of regional policy milieu. Under the current EU policy framework the concepts of region and city are the result of an inductive, exploratory cognitive process. Interpreting, assessing and designing successful territorial milieux constitute a methodological challenge for analysts. This paper discusses the methodological capacity of a hybrid theoretical approach to discovery and design of smart specialization. Analysis of strategic network formation (why the network takes a particular form) demonstrates the competitive positioning of specific homogeneous communities within the global value chain and can be considered central to the regional policy milieu. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabella normale"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

scholarly journals GENERATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE MINERAL RESOURCE SECTOR OF RUSSIA: PARTICIPANTS AND TRANSFER PROCEDURES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Valery A. Kryukov ◽  
Anatoliy N. Tokarev
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
Transfer Procedures ◽  
Resource Sector

The article analyzes the problems of the interaction of the mineral resource sector (MRS) and the knowledge economy. The most important trends in the development of the modern global MRS are the formation of innovatively-oriented resource regimes, the unity of the processes of generation and transfer of new knowledge. As a result, there is a high level of flexibility of the solutions developed and implemented, a significant reduction in costs in the value chain in the MRS: from development to the use of mineral resources. The existing innovative system in Russian MRS orientates companies, first of all, to the application of previously tested (mainly abroad) technologies and approaches. Resource companies invest relatively small funds in R&D, in the creation of innovations and new scientific and technological solutions. To solve the problems of embedding the knowledge economy in the MRS, it is necessary to create a model of interaction between participants in the processes of development, production and use of mineral resources that is adequate to modern challenges. The leading role should be played by the resource regime, which determines a wide range of conditions - from subsoil use to the development of scientific and technical potential in the MRS.

scholarly journals Intra-firm and extra-firm linkages in the knowledge economy: the case of the emerging mega-city region of Munich

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN LÃœTHI ◽  
ALAIN THIERSTEIN ◽  
VIKTOR GOEBEL
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
City Region
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