Worldwide knowledge? global firms, local labour and the region - Fuchs, Martina (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-163) and index
Worldwide knowledge? global firms, local labour and the region -- Knowledge in the global economy -- Scientific-technical knowledge and the knowledge-based society -- Beyond scientific-technical knowledge -- Beyond knowledge : the relevance of interpretation -- Knowledge and interpretation in temporal dynamics : learning -- Knowledge and interpretation in place and space -- Interim conclusion -- Studies on the globalisation of knowledge : methodological introduction -- Empirical evidence for the star of knowledge and interpretation -- Globalisation of scientific-technical, R & D-related knowledge -- Globalisation of production-related knowledge -- Impacts on the north: globalisation of knowledge as a race to the bottom or industrial transition with new arrangements worldwide -- Summary and discussion
Putting forward a comprehensive view of knowledge with a specific perspective on place and space, this book provides a new perspective on the globalisation of knowledge. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, the principal agenda of this volume is to open up a perspective 'beyond knowledge'- i.e. beyond the interpretation of knowledge as scientific-technical knowledge. It also introduces further kinds of knowledge and interpretation which influence managements' perception of globalisation and therefore the knowledge which is going global. Exploring beyond the meaning of worldwide knowledge as gener