Networks in the Knowledge Economy

Abstract

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, the authors highlight the emerging discipline of network sciences and the evolution and adaptation of human networks. The change is considered in the context of a shifting economic landscape and the importance of knowledge in the twenty-first-century knowledge economy. The chapter offers a fundamental definition of networks and explores the shifting geography of networks. Specifically, the authors explore door-to-door, place-to-place, and person-to-person network geographies. The authors model economic systems as networks and explain the role of human, structural, and relational capital as nodes, messages, and links in networks.

Citation

Bedford, D. and Sanchez, T.W. (2021), "Networks in the Knowledge Economy", Knowledge Networks (Working Methods for Knowledge Management), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-948-220211001