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Title:

Proximity and social capital in the context of artisan food producers:Towards local constatations of knowledge and innovation

Subtitle:

Geographia Polonica Vol. 97 No. 2 (2024)

Creator:

Karevoll, Gurid : Autor Affiliation Affiliation ; Ziółkowska, Julia : Autor Affiliation ORCID ; Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz : Autor Affiliation Affiliation ORCID ; Kloskowski, Dariusz : Autor Affiliation ORCID

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2024

Description:

24 cm

Subject and Keywords:

tacit knowledge ; innovation ; social capital ; GIS ; artisan food producers

Abstract:

Embeddedness of artisan food markets in local socio-economic settings is apparent and decisive in individual procedures, development and change. The paper argues that geography and location patterns affect artisan food producers in the context of knowledge availability. A sample of 704 Polish food producers are mapped using GIS, and in conjugation with current literature on tacit knowledge social capital, the implication for artisan food producers innovation capabilities is discussed. Results show that artisan food producers are different in their location patterns depending on the type of offered products. Apparent differences in location patterns strongly indicate that artisan food producers experience differences in tacit knowledge availability

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Relation:

Geographia Polonica

Volume:

97

Issue:

2

Start page:

153

End page:

168

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Text

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Article

Resource Identifier:

0016-7282 (print) ; 2300-7362 (online) ; 10.7163/GPol.0273

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eng

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eng

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Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS

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European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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