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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2008 1(2):175-204; doi:10.1093/cjres/rsm007
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This article appears in the following Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society issue: Knowledge Networks and Innovation [View the issue table of contents]

The spatial dimension of knowledge flows: a simulation approach

Agustí Canalsa, Max Boisotb and Ian MacMillanc

a Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Rambla del Poblenou 156, 08018 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. acanalsp{at}uoc.edu
b Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University House, Birmingham B15 2TT UK. boisot{at}attglobal.net
c The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Vance Hall, 3733 Spruce St. Philadelphia, PA 19104-6374, USA. macmilli{at}wharton.upenn.edu


  Abstract

Drawing on a conceptual framework, the Information Space or I-Space, and using agent-based simulation, our paper offers a theoretical exploration of the spatial dimensions of knowledge management. By modelling two well-known cases of high-tech industrial clusters, Silicon Valley and Boston Route 128, we look at the interrelationship between knowledge management strategies adopted by firms and the latter's choice of spatial location, as well as how it is affected by the evolution of information and communication technologies (ICTs). We find that knowledge structuring and spatial agglomeration co-evolve and that such co-evolution is significantly altered by the development of ICTs.

Keywords: Spatial agglomeration, knowledge management, ICT, knowledge flows, spatial location, Agent-based modelling

Received on May 28, 2007. Accepted on November 19, 2007.

JEL classifications: L96, O33, R58, R12


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