TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fitzgibbon,Joy
AU  - Gross Stein,Janice
AU  - Stren,Richard
TI  - Networks of Knowledge: Collaborative Innovation in International Learning 
T2  - IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
SN  - 9780802083715
AV  - HD76 .N47 2001eb
U1  - 338.91/07/2071 
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Toronto : 
PB  - University of Toronto Press, 
KW  - Communication in community development
KW  - Canada
KW  - Communication in economic development
KW  - Community development
KW  - Research
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Information networks
KW  - Nova Scotia
KW  - Halifax
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Ontario
KW  - Toronto
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - restricted access
N2  - The network is the pervasive organizational image of the new millennium. This book examines one particular kind of network - the 'knowledge network' - whose primary mandate is to create and disseminate knowledge based on multidisciplinary research that is informed by problem-solving as well as theoretical agendas. In their examination of five knowledge networks based in Canadian universities, and in most cases working closely with researchers in developing countries, the authors demonstrate the ability of networks to cross disciplinary boundaries, to blend the operational with the theoretical, and to respond to broad social processes. Operating through networks, rather than through formal, hierarchical structures, diverse communities of researchers create different kinds of knowledge and disseminate their results effectively across disciplinary, sectoral, and spatial boundaries. Analysis of networks in health, environment, urban, and educational fields suggests that old categories of 'north' and 'south' are becoming blurred, and that the new structures of knowledge creation and dissemination help to sustain collaborative research
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442677616
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442677616/original
ER  -