The Geography of Innovation: The Effect of Geographical and Relational Proximities on Knowledge Diffusion and Learning Processes

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According to the data of World Trade Organization, telecommunication, information and communication Technologies sector constitutes 28% of the world trade (5.6 trillion$) in 2018. Innovation is the basic reason of the rapid growth of those information and communication technologies which have become the engine of the global economy. The basis of innovation lies in accessing in formation of knowledge and transforming it into products through learning processes. This study aims to evaluate the structure of the relationship between knowledge and learning processes, which are the basis of innovation, and the types of affinity that are seen as important facilitators of this process. The study is based on literature analysis. Accordingly, as knowledge production and learning are localized, the geographical distance between actors decreases and the relations turn into more informal structure.

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Innovation , Tacit knowledge , codified knowledge , geographical proximity , relational proximity

Aegean Geographical Journal

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Aegean Geographical Journal