Space, innovation and the locus of knowledge: an ontological response to Rutten

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Author(s): Marc D. Bahlmann

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Marc Bahlmann is assistant professor at VU University Amsterdam. He received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Social Sciences (VU University) for a study on knowledge dynamics among IT entrepreneurs located in the Amsterdam IT and new media cluster. His current research interests include alliance portfolios, organizational and regional innovation.

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Publication date (Print): 1 March 2014

Volume: 32

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Pages: 105-110

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Department of Strategy and Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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[1] Amin, A. and Cohendet, P. (2004) Architectures of Knowledge. Firms, Capabilities, and Communities, Oxford University Press, New York.

[2] Amin, A. and Roberts, J. (2008) ‘Knowing in action: beyond communities of practice’, Research Policy, 37, 2, pp.353–69.

[3] Bathelt, H. and Glückler, J. (2003) ‘Toward a relational economic geography’, Journal of Economic Geography, 3, pp.117–44.

[4] Bathelt, H., Malmberg, A. and Maskell, P. (2004) ‘Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation’, Progress in Human Geography, 28, 1, pp.31–56.

[5] Beugelsdijk, S. (2007) ‘The regional environment and a firm's innovative performance: a plea for a multilevel interactionist approach’, Economic Geography, 83, 2, pp.181–99.

[6] Brown, J. and Duguid, P. (2001) ‘Knowledge and organization: a social-practice perspective’, Organization Science, 12, pp.198–213.

[7] Dansereau, F., Yammarino, F. and Kohles, J. (1999) ‘Multiple levels of analysis from a longitudinal perspective: some implications for theory building’, Academy of Management Review, 24, pp.347–57.

[8] Durkheim, E. (1962) The Rules of the Sociological Method, Free Press, Glencoe IL.

[9] Felin, T. and Hesterly, W. (2007) ‘The knowledge-based view, nested heterogeneity, and new value creation: philosophical considerations on the locus of knowledge’, Academy of Management Review, 32, 1, pp.195–218.

[10] Grant, R. (1996) ‘Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm’, Strategic Management Journal, 17, pp.109–22.

[11] Keeble, D. and Wilkinson, F. (1999) ‘Collective learning and knowledge development in the evolution of high technology SMEs in Europe’, Regional Studies, 33, 4, pp.295–303.

[12] Klein, K., Dansereau, F. and Hall, R. (1994) ‘Levels issues in theory development, data collection, and analysis’, Academy of Management Review, 19, pp.195–229.

[13] Kogut, B. and Zander, U. (1992) ‘Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology’, Organization Science, 3, pp.383–97.

[14] Lam, A. (2000) ‘Tacit knowledge, organizational learning and societal institutions: an integrated framework’, Organization Studies, 21, 3, pp.487–513.

[15] Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

[16] Maskell, P. (2001) ‘Towards a knowledge-based theory of the geographical cluster’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 10, 4, pp.921–43.

[17] Maskell, P., Bathelt, H. and Malmberg, A. (2006) ‘Building global knowledge pipelines: the role of temporary clusters’, European Planning Studies, 14, 8, pp.997–1013.

[18] Morgan, K. (1997) ‘The learning region: institutions, innovation and regional renewal’, Regional Studies, 31, pp.491–503.

[19] Morgan, K. (2001) ‘The exaggerated death of geography: localised learning, innovation and uneven development’, paper presented to Future of Innovation Studies Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies.

[20] Nahapiet, J. and Ghoshal, S. (1998) ‘Social capital, intellectual capital, and the organizational advantage’, Academy of Management Review, 23, pp.242–66.

[21] Nelson, R. and Winter, S. (1982) An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.

[22] Oinas, P. (1999) ‘Activity-specificity in organizational learning: implications for analysing the role of proximity’, GeoJournal, 49, pp.363–72.

[23] Owen-Smith, J. and Powell, W. (2004) ‘Knowledge networks as channels and conduits: the effects of spillovers in the Boston biotechnology community’, Organization Science, 15, 1, pp.5–21.

[24] Pitelis, C. (2012) ‘Clusters, entrepreneurial ecosystem co-creation, and appropriability: a conceptual framework’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 21, 6, pp.1359–88.

[25] Powell, W., Kogut, K. and SmithDoerr, L. (1996) ‘Interorganizational collaboration and the locus of innovation: networks of learning in biotechnology’, Administrative Science Quarterly, 41, 1, pp.116–45.

[26] Rutten, R. (2014) ‘Learning in socio-spatial context: an individual perspective’, Prometheus, 32, 1, pp.67–74.

[27] Rychen, F. and Zimmermann, J.-B. (2008) ‘Clusters in the global knowledge-based economy: knowledge gatekeepers and temporary proximity’, Regional Studies, 42, 6, pp.767–76.

[28] Saxenian, A. (1990) ‘Regional networks and the resurgence of Silicon Valley’, California Management Review, 33, 1, pp.89–112.

[29] Saxenian, A. (2006) The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.

[30] Simon, H. (1991) ‘Bounded rationality and organizational learning’, Organization Science, 2, pp.125–34.

[31] Sole, D. and Edmondson, A. (2002) ‘Situated knowledge and learning in dispersed teams’, British Journal of Management, 13, pp.S17–34.

[32] Spender, J. (1996) ‘Making knowledge the basis of a dynamic theory of the firm’, Strategic Management Journal, 17, pp.45–62.

[33] Thompson, M. (2011) ‘Ontological shift or ontological drift? Reality claims, epistemological frameworks, and theory generation in organization studies’, Academy of Management Review, 36, 4, pp.754–73.

[34] Visser, E.-J. and Boschma, R. (2004) ‘Learning in districts: novelty and lock-in in a regional context’, European Planning Studies, 12, 6, pp.793–808.

[35] Weick, K. and Roberts, K. (1993) ‘Collective mind in organizations: heedful interrelating on flight decks’, Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, pp.357–81.