Knowledge generation and field reproduction in temporary clusters and the role of business conferences

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Interaction in the artistic knowledge creation process: The case of artists in Finnish Lapland

“…'Geographical isolation' does not mean interactive isolation, but a temporal change of partners and rhythms of interaction. As intensified space and time of interaction and fieldreproducing ability (Henn and Bathelt, 2015), temporal clusters might effectively support actors who choose to live outside population centres.…”

“…Disconnections may easily evolve in a peripheral geographical space that lacks employees, companies, schools, infrastructure and connections to knowledge networks, when compared to centres (Fitjar and Rodríguez-Pose, 2011, p. 555-556). Economic geographers are only starting to specify the temporality of knowledge creation processes: setbacks, slow times and uncertainty (Hautala and Jauhiainen, 2014), and the meaning of intensive temporal gatherings (Henn and Bathelt, 2015). Knowledge creation processes and related events can be unpacked further with temporality of interactions, for instance, through avoidance, passivity and disconnections.…”

Know Thy Place: Location and Imagined Communities in Institutional Field Dynamics

“…Conceiving conferences as field-level events (Henn & Bathelt, 2015;Lampel & Meyer, 2008), I draw on an ethnographic study of an Israeli high-tech conference held in 2005 in Santa Clara, California. I examine how participants discussed-both directly and indirectly-"location" in configuring Israeli high tech as an institutional field.…”

“…Whether field-level events configure the field (Lampel & Meyer, 2008) or "just" reproduce it (Henn & Bathelt, 2015;Schüßler & Sydow, 2015), they are important for constructing field-level collective identity. Field-level events serve as an arena for collective sense-making (Garud, 2008;Lampel & Meyer, 2008;Maguire & Hardy, 2006;McInerney, 2008;Oliver & Montgomery, 2008;Zilber, 2007), for they redirect actors' attention (Anand &Watson, 2004) and offer an opportunity for actors to present and discuss issues that they find important (Anand & Jones, 2008;McInerney, 2008).…”

Niche experiments with alternative powertrain technologies: the case of electric city-buses in Europe

“…This enables face to face interaction and exchange of ideas as well as expansion of networks among participants (Bathelt et al, 2004;Bathelt and Schuldt, 2010;Schuldt and Bathelt, 2011). Industry summits, policy sessions or strategic roadmap meetings are also temporary spaces where key actors are gathered to shape or influence the future direction of particular sectors of economy (Lampel and Meyer, 2008;Hardy and Maguire, 2010;Jolly and Raven, 2016;Henn and Bathelt, 2015). Field configuring events are particularly important in the face of uncertainty conditions by bringing in the otherwise disparate actors to engage in coordinated actions towards future development of certain technological fields, creation of new markets or formation of new industries.…”