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I will analyze three common strands of current thought about education and the Internet. First is the idea that the instant availability of information online makes the memorization of facts unnecessary or less necessary. Second is the celebration of the virtues of collaborative learning as superior to outmoded individual learning. And third is the insistence that lengthy, complex books, which constitute a single, static, one-way conversation with an individual, are inferior to knowledge co-constructed by members of a group

change is required in two vast and interwoven domains that permeate the deep structures and operating model of the university: (1) the value created for the main customers of the university (the students); and (2) the model of production for how that value is created. First we need to toss out the old industrial model of pedagogy (how learning is accomplished) and replace it with a new model called collaborative learning. Second we need an entirely new modus operandi for how the subject matter, course materials, texts, written and spoken word, and other media (the content of higher education) are created.

It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense; indeed there are signs that new forms of “reading” are emerging as users “power browse” horizontally through titles, contents pages and abstracts going for quick wins. It almost seems that they go online to avoid reading in the traditional sense.

An encyclopedia project—and more—that is on the move!

Social Bookmarking in Academic Libraries

Depuis mars 2005, la revue Nouvelles perspectives en sciences sociales (NPSS) entend accompagner les chercheurs qui s’aventurent dans de nouveaux espaces des sciences sociales. Dans cet espace pourront être diffusés les travaux qui, sans évidemment sacrifier à la rigueur, osent proposer des analyses qui sont capables de surmonter des obstacles qui s’élèvent devant les modélisations instituées. Elle ne se pose pas en rupture par rapport à ces modélisations. Elle en connaît la puissance. Mais cette reconnaissance ne lui suffit pas pour interdire qu’on affronte les modèles établis, qu’on les contourne ou qu’on s’en affranchisse. Car toute puissance porte en elle ses faiblesses, peut aussi bien propulser que handicaper, favoriser la découverte que l’empêcher. NPSS se veut ouverte à toutes les disciplines des sciences sociales, à chacune d’elles aussi bien qu’à leurs combinaisons. Tous les textes sont publiés en français.

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Classic Questions, New Context: Development in an Era of Bits and Bytes
Taylor Boas and Thad Dunning
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The Information Have-Less: Inequality, Mobility, and Translocal Networks in Chinese Cities
Carolyn Cartier, Manuel Castells and Jack Linchuan Qiu
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From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China
AnnaLee Saxenian
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Will Information Technology Reshape the North-South Asymmetry of Power in the Global Political Economy?
Steve Weber and Jennifer Bussell
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The New Commons vs. The Second Enclosure Movement: Comments on an Emerging Agenda for Development Research
Peter Evans
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Will the Digital Revolution Revolutionize Development? Drawing Together the Debate
Taylor Boas, Thad Dunning and Jennifer Bussell
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The New Commons vs. The Second Enclosure Movement: Comments on an Emerging Agenda for Development Research
Peter Evans
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The paper explores the case for Regional Systems of Innovation. Acknowledging the major contribution of research on National Innovation Systems, it suggests that for conceptual and methodological reasons, mostly concerning problems of scale and complexity, that approach may be complemented in important ways by a subnational focus. Taking an evolutionary economics standpoint, the paper specifies the concepts of ‘region,’ ‘innovation’ and ‘system’ as the prelude to an extended discussion of the importance of financial capacity, institutionalised learning and productive culture to systemic innovation. Building on the notion of regions as occupying different positions on a continuum referring to processes constituting them and their powers vis-à-vis innovation policy, the paper concludes by advocating strengthening of regional level capacities for promoting both systemic learning and interactive innovation.

This paper asks two – relatively simple – questions: can cities shape socio-technical transitions? And how would we know if they were? There are three key objectives. The first of these is to set out emerging, and in our view, convincing evidence, that large world cities have political aspirations to develop purposive and managed change in the socio-technical organisation of infrastructure networks that can be characterised as ‘systemic’ transitions. The second objective is conceptual in orientation and seeks to address how we understand transitions at the scale of the city, the role of ‘the city’ in undertaking transitions, and review both the strengths and shortcomings of the multi-level perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions in addressing this. The third objective is to identify what an urban transition would look like, and then constructs a new framework to conceptualise and research urban transitions. The paper then summarises the key aspects and implications of our argument.Article Outline
1. Introduction2. Emerging purposive and systemic transitions in world cities’ infrastructures?2.1. ‘Managed socio-technical transitions at the level of world cities’2.2. ‘Ensuring the strategic protection of cities’2.3. ‘Constructing self-reliant infrastructure’2.4. ‘New networks of global urban agglomerations’3. Socio-technical transitions, the MLP and cities3.1. MLP and system innovation3.2. The absence of cities in multi-level transitions approaches4. Understanding purposive urban transitions: a framework4.1. Shared visions of urban transitions?4.2. Translating visions: intermediary organisation4.3. Intermediaries: developing capacity and capability to act4.4. Urban transitions: how would we know?5. ConclusionsReferences

The development of local technology-intensive suppliers (t-suppliers) may contribute to both reinforcing the industrial base and supporting the competitiveness of primary production in developing countries. This article explores the role of t-suppliers in natural resource-based economies and outlines a theoretical framework for the analysis of the factors which foster or constrain their development and defines areas for an effective promotion. The proposed model of analysis distinguishes between factors influencing the development of t-suppliers on the level of the main industry, the level of supplier firms or firm-level and the level of external determinants with special reference to industrial policy factors.
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1. Introduction
2. The importance of technology-intensive suppliers
2.1. Natural resources and technological capabilities
2.2. Local suppliers in resource processing chains
2.3. Contribution of t-suppliers to the economy
3. Factors determining the development of t-suppliers—a model of analysis
3.1. Industry factors
3.1.1. Demand
3.1.2. Industry structure
3.1.3. Geographical concentration
3.2. Firm-level factors
3.3. External factors—industrial policy
3.3.1. SME promotion
3.3.2. Backward linkages promotion and development of t-suppliers
3.3.3. Infant industry promotion
4. Conclusions
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A large amount of literature provides empirical evidence in support of Marshall or Jacobs theories regarding the specialization or diversity effects on the economic performance of regions. This paper surveys these scholarly contributions and summarizes their results according to their similarities and differences. The reviewed empirical work presents a diverse picture of possible conditions and circumstances under which each kind of externalities could be at work. The wide breadth of findings is generally not explained by differences in the strength of agglomeration forces across industries, countries or time periods, but by measurement and methodological issues. The levels of industrial and geographical aggregation together with the choice of performance measures, specialization and diversity indicators are the main causes for the lack of resolution in the debate. The 3-digit industrial classification seems to be the level at which MAR and Jacobs effects are undistinguishable from one another, and this is often exacerbated by a high level of geographical aggregation.Article Outline
1. Introduction2. Knowledge externalities3. Indicators of MAR and Jacobs externalities3.1. MAR externalities3.2. Jacobs externalities4. Industrial classification4.1. Level of aggregation4.2. Industrial sectors5. Geographical considerations5.1. Geographical unit5.2. Countries and regions6. Performance measures for regions and firms6.1. Economic growth6.2. Productivity6.3. Innovation7. ConclusionsAcknowledgementsAppendix A. Categories of performance indicatorsAppendix B. Number of positive results counted by dependent variableReferences 12. China's regional innovation c

Wink R. Aprendizaje institucional transregional en Europa: requisitos previos, protagonistas y limitaciones, Regional Studies. En la ltima dcada el trmino 'aprendizaje institucional transregional' se ha puesto de moda en la elaboracin de las polticas europeas. Sin embargo, todava falta un concepto terico sobre cmo iniciar, observar y apoyar el aprendizaje institucional transregional. En el siguiente documento se incluye una estructura terica para explicar las precondiciones para el aprendizaje institucional transregional y se investigan las posibilidades de tres diferentes canales de aprendizaje: las empresas multinacionales, los estudios y proyectos de anlisis comparativo, y las redes de polticas interactivas. Los resultados indican que no existen muchas pruebas de expectativas entusiastas sobre los futuros procesos de aprendizaje; sin embargo, existen opciones para las polticas de la UE a fin de mejorar los efectos del aprendizaje transregional.

Huggins R. Regional competitive intelligence: benchmarking and policy-making, Regional Studies. Benchmarking exercises have become increasingly popular within the sphere of regional policy-making. This paper analyses the concept of regional benchmarking and its links with regional policy-making processes. It develops a typology of regional benchmarking exercises and benchmarkers, and critically reviews the literature. It is argued that critics of regional benchmarking fail to take account of the variety and development of regional benchmarking systems. It is suggested that while benchmarking exercises are informing policy adaptation and innovation, they have been constrained by political and financial factors. It is concluded that regional benchmarking is facilitating the heightened regional interaction necessitated by globalization. 

Technological learning depends on steady flows of information for the creation of new ideas. The relationships that firms form with other firms and with other sources of knowledge enable them to remain competitive amid changing technologies and markets. The knowledge on which new technologies are based is both local and non local - even global. Local learning demands that firms be closely integrated with their local economic and social environment where relevant business-specific knowledge and institutional support are readily available. While local relationships are important, non-local connections also play a significant role in sustaining competitiveness. They permit the incorporation of new ideas, often still tacit and not widespread, into the local processes of technological learning. The relative importance of local vs. non local relations, unsettled in recent research, is a focus of this volume. The contributors, representing over a dozen countries, provide a more international and comprehensive picture of connections than has been available in previously published research.

Regional Innovation Strategiesoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old industrialised areas and in regions where development is slow, and compares this with US and Canadian experiences.Anticipating the enlargement of the EU, Regional Innovation Strategies also assesses the growing interest in the subject within policy, academic and practitioner circles in Central and Eastern European countries. This book aims to provide information on the new regional innovation polices and gives the first assessment of this promising pool of regional experiences.

Regional Innovation Strategiesoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old industrialised areas and in regions where development is slow, and compares this with US and Canadian experiences.Anticipating the enlargement of the EU, Regional Innovation Strategies also assesses the growing interest in the subject within policy, academic and practitioner circles in Central and Eastern European countries. This book aims to provide information on the new regional innovation polices and gives the first assessment of this promising pool of regional experiences