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ABSTRACT
This article focuses on knowledge creation and management in regional innovation networks. A knowledge management system for a regional innovation network is designed. Besides explicit and tacit knowledge, self-transcending knowledge is taken into account within the knowledge management system. In addition, considerations of knowledge vision as well as methods from futures studies are incorporated into the system. An innovation network of the Lahti regional innovation system, Finland, is used as a case example in the article. The article highlights the importance of combining loose network development and an explicit, systematic approach to planning and working on knowledge-related matters within regional innovation networks.
Notes
1. This article is based on a paper presented at the Regional Studies Association International Conference, Pisa, Italy, 12–15 April 2003.
2. Apart from these, there are also other important risks of social capital. Among them are the problems of free riding, cheating and moral hazard, as well as the risks of the fragmentation of a broader society (e.g. Adler & Kwon, Citation2000, pp. 106–107).
3. As to the concepts, although many authors (cf. Nonaka & Teece, Citation2001a) distinguish clearly between knowledge creation and knowledge management, the discussion of their differences in the context of regional multi-actor innovation networks is beyond the scope of this article.
4. The name was given to the first drafts of the model that looked very much like a traditional Finnish rye bread. The descriptive name has so far been retained despite minor changes in the layout of the model.