Harald Bathelt

TL;DR: In this paper, a distinction is made between the learning processes taking place among actors embedded in a community by just being there dubbed buzz and the knowledge attained by investing in building channels of communication called pipelines to selected providers located outside the local milieu.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that a paradigmatic shift is occurring in economic geography toward a relational economic geography, based on three propositions: from a structural perspective economic actors are situated in contexts of social and institutional relations, in dynamic perspective economic processes are path-dependent, constrained by history.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare temporary clusters with permanent spatial clusters and other types of inter-firm interactions, and find that regular participation in temporary clusters can satisfy a firm's need to learn through interaction with suppliers, customers, peers and rivals.

TL;DR: Bathelt et al. as mentioned in this paper claim that international trade fairs, viewed as temporary clusters, are important events that support economic processes of interactive learning and knowledge creation, in which geographical proximity and face-to-face contact enable actors from different countries to exchange information about markets, products and innovations.

TL;DR: The authors developed a rigorous concept of institutions to investigate the interrelationships between institutional and economic change from the perspective of economic geography, and explored three modes of institutional change: hysteresis, emergent change, and institutional entrepreneurship.