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that a process is already taking place on a national or global scale, receiving new
dynamics through digitalisation, which will certainly be preserved.
The first assumption relates to the production and (re)use of knowledge. Innovation processes are driven accordingly by different knowledge bases (Kujath and
Peiker 2014), i.e. by networking knowledge producers in specialist communities or
the ubiquity of classic and new knowledge media. The emergence of innovations is
basically conceivable anytime, anywhere. In these traditional knowledge networks,
places and regions, institutions and organisations are interconnected, forming the
common basis for processes that can then culminate in a result.
This is followed by a second assumption, which states that competition and cooperation within a common theme are not mutually exclusive, and take place regionally, supra-regionally and globally. There are fixed interaction mechanisms between
actors, which may be both different and of the same institutional type, e.g.
• Colleges and universities, R&D institutions,
• Primary and secondary educational institutions,
• Actors in knowledge-intensive regional development,
• The population as a carrier of knowledge-related identity, and
• Established and newly founded knowledge-intensive companies.
This is likely to have the greatest possible impact on each individual network
member (Fromhold-Eisebith 2010). In addition to this concept, Kujath (2010) offers
a third assumption for the above-mentioned interaction processes, which are also
not only a social element, but primarily a transfer of knowledge and know-how:
specialised transaction service providers support the transfer of knowledge between
people, network nodes, knowledge regions and organisations. These are groups of
actors who collect, store and process knowledge, and do business with it. Information
and knowledge have, in fact, become a global commodity. However, the economic
pursuit of profit need not necessarily be in the foreground, because not only international conferences or—with the leap towards digitalisation—operators of digital
research and open access, but also publication networks may act as transfer service
providers. Such a process has been described by Köhler and Schilde (2003) for higher
education institutions by adopting the information broker concept from industry. The
main finding would be moving away from thinking about territories and places, to
inter-relational spaces. This would have to be reconsidered in the higher education
system, in the sense of theoretical analysis.
12.4.3 Exemplary Developments in the Context of Research
on Knowledge Networks in Land Use in Germany
One example of web-based knowledge platforms is the “Sustainable Land Management” knowledge platform, which simultaneously supports and implements aspects
of communication and learning (www.nachhaltiges-landmanagement.de/en/library/
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that a process is already taking place on a national or global scale, receiving new
dynamics through digitalisation, which will certainly be preserved.
The first assumption relates to the production and (re)use of knowledge. Innovation processes are driven accordingly by different knowledge bases (Kujath and
Peiker 2014), i.e. by networking knowledge producers in specialist communities or
the ubiquity of classic and new knowledge media. The emergence of innovations is
basically conceivable anytime, anywhere. In these traditional knowledge networks,
places and regions, institutions and organisations are interconnected, forming the
common basis for processes that can then culminate in a result.
This is followed by a second assumption, which states that competition and cooperation within a common theme are not mutually exclusive, and take place regionally, supra-regionally and globally. There are fixed interaction mechanisms between
actors, which may be both different and of the same institutional type, e.g.
• Colleges and universities, R&D institutions,
• Primary and secondary educational institutions,
• Actors in knowledge-intensive regional development,
• The population as a carrier of knowledge-related identity, and
• Established and newly founded knowledge-intensive companies.
This is likely to have the greatest possible impact on each individual network
member (Fromhold-Eisebith 2010). In addition to this concept, Kujath (2010) offers
a third assumption for the above-mentioned interaction processes, which are also
not only a social element, but primarily a transfer of knowledge and know-how:
specialised transaction service providers support the transfer of knowledge between
people, network nodes, knowledge regions and organisations. These are groups of
actors who collect, store and process knowledge, and do business with it. Information
and knowledge have, in fact, become a global commodity. However, the economic
pursuit of profit need not necessarily be in the foreground, because not only international conferences or—with the leap towards digitalisation—operators of digital
research and open access, but also publication networks may act as transfer service
providers. Such a process has been described by Köhler and Schilde (2003) for higher
education institutions by adopting the information broker concept from industry. The
main finding would be moving away from thinking about territories and places, to
inter-relational spaces. This would have to be reconsidered in the higher education
system, in the sense of theoretical analysis.
12.4.3 Exemplary Developments in the Context of Research
on Knowledge Networks in Land Use in Germany
One example of web-based knowledge platforms is the “Sustainable Land Management” knowledge platform, which simultaneously supports and implements aspects
of communication and learning (www.nachhaltiges-landmanagement.de/en/library/