The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness

By Robin Cowan, Paul A. David, Dominique Foray. 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The theoretical and policy implications of knowledge codification (2001, methodology): “Different levels of 48 These are contexts where generally, as Cowan et al., 2000 stated, (“The code-books are not manifest.”
Knowledge flows through informal contacts in industrial clusters: myth or reality? (2004, background): “Furthermore, physical proximity does not imply the existence of social proximity, since such epistemic communities (see Cowan et al. (2000) and Steinmueller (2000)) never include all members of the local community.”
What do we know about geographical knowledge spillovers and regional growth?: A survey of the literature (2006, background): “FOSFURI and RONDE (2004) also show not only that voluntary contracts may reduce the amount of spillovers of embodied knowledge through mobile employees, but also that trade secret laws, which forbid employees to use knowledge acquired with an old employer at their new firm, reduce spillovers and eve”
The Open Innovation Paradox: Knowledge Sharing and Protection in R&D Collaborations (2010, neutral): “Given the importance of knowledge sharing in R&D collaboration, a central element becomes the embodiment of the knowledge, which ranges from codified intellectual property rights (IPRs) and technology to knowledge that is tacitly held by people or in routines (see Cowan et al. , 2000”
The Cluster Policies Whitebook (2004, background): “Codified knowledge obtains economic importance at the moment it is combined with the specific ability to use it (von Hippel, 1994; Cowan et al., 1999).”
Innovation Through Tradition: Lessons From Innovative Family Businesses and Directions for Future Research (2016, background): “Wellestablished taxonomies distinguish codified and tacit forms of knowledge (Cowan et al., 2000).”
Selective search, sectoral patterns, and the impact on product innovation performance (2012, background): “…be highly heterogeneous in nature.1 1 Typical categorizations of heterogeneity in knowledge include distinguishing between tacit and formal (e.g., Cowan et al., 2000; Dyer and Hatch, 2004; Polanyi, 1967), specific and generic (e.g., Breschi et al., 2000), 8 We argue that management will define a…”
Differences in Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Role of Tacitness and Codification in Opportunity Identification** (2009, background): “The codification of knowledge, with reference to codes, relates to the degree to which knowledge is able to be made explicit or documented primarily through codes (Cowan, David, and Foray 2000).”
The Role of External Linkages and Gatekeepers for the Renewal and Expansion of US Cities' Knowledge Base, 1990–2004 (2015, background): “…are highly specific to the epistemic communities of engineers and technicians working in a given cluster, are instrumental to facilitate internal communication and information processing, but may also impose barriers to the exchange of knowledge across regional boundaries (COWAN et al., 2000).”
The Business Governance of Localized Knowledge: An Information Economics Approach for the Economics of Knowledge (2006, background): “Finally knowledge can be codified when it has been fully translated in a consistent code and an appropriate language to express it has been found (Cowan and Foray, 1997; Cowan et al., 2000; Cooke, 2002).”