主题：Communities in the Innovation Process – A Missing Link
主讲人：Harald Bathelt 加拿大多伦多大学
主持人：杨瑞霖 暨南大学
时间：2026年5月15日（周五）上午9:00-11:00
地点：暨南大学石牌校区经济学院大楼（中惠楼）102室
摘要
It is well-known in the literature that communities can play an important role in processes of problem-solving and innovation. Yet, it is surprising that related concepts of innovation largely ignore the ways in which communities operate. In this paper, we aim to conceptualize the role of professional industry-based innovation communities that consist of experts and practitioners in a specific knowledge domain, which connect members employed in a firm with others in related or competing firms, universities or government, or with some other affiliation.
We distinguish local and non-local (including virtual) communities, referring to the latter as international communities without a pre-defined geography. Local communities are practice-based and individuals become members through self-identification and mutual recognition by others. These communities draw their expertise from a common industry/technology focus in their home-region. In contrast, international communities have a primary epistemic focus and are not place-based. Their membership is often tied to professional associations or regulatory bodies through dedicated interaction channels (e.g. publications, discussion forums) and community events (e.g. trade fairs, conferences). They play a decisive role in the development of new technologies, although they do not replace the specialized experience-based knowledge local communities can provide.
Large city-regions with a spread of economic specialization (especially global/world and superstar cities) are prime places in which such communities develop and grow. In the innovation process, local communities become linked and develop open-ended networks of innovation that establish and maintain a continuous stream of innovation activity. These connected city-regions gain a comparative advantage over small cities.
主讲人简介
Harald Bathelt，多伦多大学地理与规划系终身教授，上海华东师范大学紫江客座讲席教授，加拿大国家创新与治理委员会主席，德国联邦政府国家创新体系建设顾问。其研究长期聚焦于创新与集群发展、产业重组与治理体系、全球化与地方化、以及跨距离知识生成等领域，并提出了具有广泛影响力的“Local Buzz and Global Pipelines”（本地蜂鸣与全球管道）理论模型。Bathelt教授在国际顶级学术期刊发表了大量理论与实证研究成果，Google Scholar引用量已超过22,900次，h指数达54。现任ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography主编，并曾担任Journal of Economic Geography主编。
校对 | 杨瑞霖
责编 | 彭毅
初审 | 贾善铭
终审发布 | 何凌云
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