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Models of knowledge and systems of governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2005

CRISTIANO ANTONELLI
CRISTIANO ANTONELLI
Affiliation:
Universita' di Torino, Dipartimento di Economia
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Abstract

The analysis of the main features of knowledge, in terms of domain, characteristics and processes makes it possible to trace significant shifts in the economics of knowledge. Changing emphasis about the role of knowledge appropriability, divisibility and tradability has provided different solutions to the knowledge trade-off. Three different and rival concepts of technological knowledge can be identified: (a) knowledge as a public good, (b) knowledge as a proprietary good, (c) knowledge as a localized, collective and complex, path dependent activity. Such a shift has relevant implications in terms of governance mechanisms, strategic attitude of agents and public policy making.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , June 2005 , pp. 51 - 73
Copyright
© 2005 The JOIE Foundation

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Footnotes

I acknowledge the comments of the editor in Chief and of two anonymous referees financial support of the Italian National Research Project (PRIN) ‘Economia della generazione, valorizzazione e disseminazione della conoscenza tecnologica’ and of the European Union Directorate for Research within the context of the Key Action ‘Improving the socio-economic knowledge base’ to the project ‘Technological Knowledge and Localized Learning: What Perspectives for a European Policy?’ carried out under the research contract No. HPSE-CT2001-00051 and of the Integrated Project EURODITE, contract n. 006187 in progress at the Fondazione Rosselli.