This is a presentation of the changes of the economic organisation of two Italian local production systems affected by global competition. Assessment of positions, strategies, and relationships between companies highlights structural changes. Conclusive evidence of global pressure on local...

In this paper we examine how the use of Web 2.0 tools (such as Wikis, Blogs, Social Networking) might provide a digital foundation for a Transactive Memory System (TMS). TMS facilitate knowledge sharing and retrieval processes in groups by the use of a well-maintained knowledge directory. The...

We explore inter-organizational collective learning by assuming that authority relationships are different at the inter- from the intra-organizational level. This difference has implications for the way in which a collective solves the problems related to the creation of a hierarchy between...

In this dissertation, we analyze the social construction of a market of TV programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the study of a trade fair where buyers (TV channels, distribution intermediaries) and sellers of TV programs (studios, distributors and independent producers) can meet, negotiate,...

CAPELLO R. (1999) Spatial transfer of knowledge in high technology milieux: learning versus collective learning processes, Reg. Studies 33 , 353-365 . An analysis of the definitions provided so far in the literature shows ambiguities in the conceptualization of collective learning. A parallel...

The article discusses the concept of territorial competitiveness by examining two subordinate questions: the solidity of the concept of territorial competitiveness itself, in terms of economic theory, and the new bases on which this competitiveness is relying, according to a...

Le dernier rapport d'expertise de l'INRA-CEMAGREF met en avant la nécessité, d'une part, de référencer les différentes pratiques alternatives utiles pour réduire les impacts environnementaux liés à l'emploi de pesticides, et d'autre part, de considérer les conditions d'adoption et de...

Following modern innovation theory, this paper analyses in an evolutionary framework the impact of information network structures on firms' absorptive capacities and induced realization of technological progress (t.p.) in a finite set of firms. Main results of simulation analyses are: (i) At the...

This paper examines the process of economic policy-making under conditions of model uncertainty. A median voter model is introduced in which the electorate is uncertain of the policy measures available as well as their respective outcomes and opinion formation is a social process of...