The Study of Time-Space Dynamics of Knowledge with Innovation Biographies

Anna Butzin and Brigitta Widmaier
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Anna Butzin: Institute for Work and Technology Germany
Brigitta Widmaier: Institute for Work and Technology Germany

No 2012-07, Working Papers on Innovation and Space from Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography

Abstract: The paper presents the methodology of Innovation Biographies that has been designed to study the time-space dynamics of knowledge and ways of knowledge combination in innovation processes. Innovation Biographies allow capturing relationships, contextual settings and different kinds of knowledge and enable insights into the evolvement and development of innovations. By following the process of creation with specific interviewing methods and triangulation, the biography of an innovation is reconstructed including the evolution of related knowledge. Data collection is able to transcend sectoral as well as local, regional or national categories and sheds light on cross-sectoral knowledge combinations and its multi-scalar reach.

Keywords: Innovation Biographies; knowledge dynamics; knowledge combinations; time-space paths; multi-level view (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 O12 O31 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2012-12-19
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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