Flexible production, geographical spread and innovation

It is hard to communicate ideas that are not totally clear to its owner. Explanations are complicated and may follow a non-linear logic until all aspects of the idea are connected together. Understanding of a scientific paper as complex as a Master Thesis, as it is the case here, is of course conditioned to how well theories are articulated to sustain the idea. And that is not where I am yet. Therefore, expect here some overlaps, some rolling back, and some fuzz, until the idea is more organized. This post is another attempt to show what the objective of my project is.

For the lack of connection on the specifics of the topic, I must write as the ideas emerged in my head, and will even support it with visual aid, that maybe will be clearer than my words – I’ve been criticized often about my complex writing style, and that it makes harder for the reader to get my ideas. In advance, I’m sorry for that. Anyway, until I find the best way to translate these thoughts to paper, I’ll be trying around here. It is nevertheless a good exercise to do so.

References:

DAVENPORT, Thomas; Prusak, Laurence (2000): Working Knowledge: How organizations manage what they know. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

DICKEN, Peter (2007): Global Shift: Mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5th edition, Sage Publications, London-UK.

LUNDVALL, B.A.; Johnson, B. (1994): The Learning Economy. Journal of Industry Studies, Volume I, Number 2

Opening word

For those of you who have gone through it, you know how much effort you need to put into something you want to be more than enough. My master thesis is this 'something' for me at the moment. Therefore I created this blog to share ideas, thoughts, authors and discuss them, get new insights, sources, especially because I'll be dealing with areas that I haven't read so much about.

My name is Marcelo, and I'm finishing my Masters in Innovation Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Dynamics (MIKE-B) at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. My focus area will knowledge management but from a web perspective.

Globalization have shattered the idea of centralization and vertical integration for most - if not all - companies. Networking, strategic alliances, transaction costs (particularly knowledge transactions) have become central not only to production through outsourcing, but also for new market and technology developments. The question that raises is...

How do companies and their partners interact across borders and geographical distance to share different kinds of knowledge aiming for innovation?

Hope you can help me turn the answer to this question into something outstanding.