TIK Course: Knowledge, Space and Power
Convenors: Meric S. Gertler and Bjørn T. Asheim
October 28th – November 1st, 2002
10:00 – 12:00 Bart Nooteboom (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
“Learning and innovation in organizations and economies: a synopsis”
14:00 – 16:00 Meric Gertler (TIK and University of Toronto)
“Innovation and the geography of knowledge flows: evidence from Canadian biotechnology firms”
Relevant readings:
Nooteboom, B. (2000) “Transformation: puzzles, perspectives and proposals”, inaugural lecture, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 8 December.
Nooteboom, B. (2002) “A cognitive theory of the firm”, paper prepared for a workshop on theories of the firm, Paris, November.
10:00 – 12:00 Bart Nooteboom (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
14:00 – 16:00 Bjørn Asheim (TIK and University of Lund)
“Temporary organizations and spatial embeddedness of learning and knowledge creation”
Relevant readings:
Nooteboom, B. (2001) “Problems and solutions in knowledge transfer”, paper prepared for the conference on ‘The influence of co-operation, networks and institutions on regional innovation systems’, Max Planck Institute, Jena, 8-10 February.
Asheim, B.T. (2002) “Temporary organizations and spatial embeddedness of learning and knowledge creation”, Geografiska Annaler B, 84: 1-14.
10:00 – 12:00 Meric Gertler (TIK and University of Toronto)
“Talent, creativity and knowledge-intensive growth: a comparative analysis of American and Canadian urban regions”
16:00 – 18:00 Gordon Clark (University of Oxford)
Informal seminar on methodological issues in research
Relevant readings:
Florida, R. (2000) “The economic geography of talent”, Discussion paper, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www2.heinz.cmu.edu/~florida/
Florida, R. (2002) The Rise of the Creative Class. New York: Basic Books. http://www2.heinz.cmu.edu/~florida/
Gertler, M.S. (2001) “Urban economy and society in Canada: flows of people, capital and ideas”, Isuma: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2/3: 119-30. http://www.isuma.net/v02n03/index_e.shtml
10:00 – 12:00 Gordon Clark (University of Oxford)
14:00 – 16:00 (Bjørn Asheim, Gordon Clark, Meric Gertler)
Panel discussion on this week’s themes
Relevant readings:
Clark, G.L. and Wójcik, D. (2002) “How and where should we invest in Europe? An economic geography of global finance”
Gertler, M.S. (2003) “A cultural economic geography of production,” in K. Anderson, M. Domosh, S. Pile and N.J. Thrift (eds) The Handbook of Cultural Geography. London: Sage (forthcoming).
10:00 – 12:00 Gordon Clark (University of Oxford)
Relevant readings:
Clark, G.L., Thrift, N.J. and Tickell, A. (2002) “Performing finance: the industry, the media and its image”, discussion paper, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.