Exploring Territorial Knowledge Dynamics through Innovation Biographies

Anna Butzin and Brigitta Widmaier

Regional Studies, 2016, vol. 50, issue 2, 220-232

Abstract: B utzin A. and W idmaier B. Exploring territorial knowledge dynamics through innovation biographies, Regional Studies . An in-depth methodological discussion of the innovation biography research approach is provided. Innovation biographies allow the study of time-space dynamics of knowledge and ways of knowledge combination in innovation processes from a micro-level perspective. They are the pertinent approach to analysis of territorial knowledge dynamics. Innovation biographies enable the capture of social relations, contextual settings, and the cross-sectoral and multi-local reach of knowledge developed and applied in innovation processes. By taking a time-related view, key research techniques of innovation biographies are narrative interviewing, network analyses and triangulation.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.1001353

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