Wissensmanagement in Netzwerken unterschiedlicher Reichweite: Das Beispiel des Private equity-Sektors in Deutschland

Klagge Britta and Peter Carsten
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Klagge Britta: Osnabrück
Peter Carsten: Osnabrück

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2009, vol. 53, issue 1-2, 69-88

Abstract: Knowledge management in networks of varying geographical scopes: The example of private equity (PE) in Germany. An analysis of the private equity (including venture capital) value chain shows that private equity firms’ strategies integrate and rely on the exchange of knowledge with various external partners in order to reduce investment risk. In our paper we theoretically discuss and empirically examine what type of relationships and positions are aimed for by PE-firms and how this translates into knowledge management and network strategies. Specifically we explore the geographical scope of PE-networks and how PE-firms’ knowledge management connects and integrates regional and supraregional networks.We will show that although regional financial centres function as nodes in these networks, PE-activities do not seem to play an important role in (re)stimulating financial dynamics in these centres.

Keywords: private equity/venture capital; networks; knowledge management; financial centres; Germany; private equity/venture capital; networks; knowledge management; financial centres; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw.2009.0005

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