Economic systems of knoweldge and gegions : a typology based on the analysis of producer-consumer relation
Résumé
The attempt of the paper is to propose a ceherent conceptual framework that enables to analyse todays knowledge dynamics in relation to regional development issues. Traditional approches in territorial economy and economic geography have most ofen paid attention to production challenges and technological processes in oder to analyse dynamics innovation and knowledge creation. Recent critics have highlighted the importance of taking into cinsideration the consumer in knowledge creation (computer games issues for example). Our princinpal argument is thatthe role of cunsumers in territorial organisation of economic activities goes beyond specific activities such as video games or software production. The increasing importance of cultural industries, of cultural dimension of induxtrial products in value creation (not only design and marketting but aesthetics, image etc. which are intergral part of the product) Give rise to a very complex consumption systems (specialised media, event organisers, legitimizing third partiesn experts, all sorts of labelling, associated services, etc.) that appears as structural hyphens between production systems and their consumers and, by this the knowledge resouce. How do resouce, production and consumption articulate, how do they articulate in space? What are the consequences for regional development? Based opn existing literature as well as on empirical observations made in the case studies undertakent within the FP6 European-funded project Eurodite, a comprehensive typology of knowledge dynamics proposes to address issues to organisation of knowledege creation and production-consumption systems.
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