TY - BOOK AU - Fuchs,Martina TI - Worldwide knowledge?: global firms, local labour and the region T2 - Ashgate economic geography series SN - 9781472410160 (hardback : alk. paper) PY - 2015///] CY - Farnham, Surrey PB - Ashgate KW - Knowledge management KW - International business enterprises KW - Labor supply KW - Globalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-163) and index; Worldwide knowledge? global firms, local labour and the region -- Knowledge in the global economy -- Scientific-technical knowledge and the knowledge-based society -- Beyond scientific-technical knowledge -- Beyond knowledge : the relevance of interpretation -- Knowledge and interpretation in temporal dynamics : learning -- Knowledge and interpretation in place and space -- Interim conclusion -- Studies on the globalisation of knowledge : methodological introduction -- Empirical evidence for the star of knowledge and interpretation -- Globalisation of scientific-technical, R&D-related knowledge -- Globalisation of production-related knowledge -- Impacts on the north: globalisation of knowledge as a race to the bottom or industrial transition with new arrangements worldwide -- Summary and discussion ER -