Syllabus
Portfolio guidelines
Week 1
(8/25)
Introduction
Week 3 (9/8)
The Pre-Knowledge Economy
Week 4 (9/15)
The
Transformation to Knowledge Economies
Week 5 (9/22)
Flexible Production
Week 6 (9/29)
Tacit Knowledge
Week 7 (10/6)
Producer Services
Week 8 (10/13)
No Class (fall break)
Week 9 (10/20)
Production
Complexes
Week 10 (10/27)
Human
Capital
Week 11 (11/3)
Low-Order Information
Week 12 (11/10)
Innovation
Week 13
(11/17)
Crises in the New Economy
Week 14 (11/24)
No Class (SEDAAG)
Week 15 (12/1)
Knowledge economy in NC
Week 16(12/8)
Portfolios due, Final Exam Prep
Week 17 (12/15)
Final Exam (Class time)
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If you have a question send me email: bgraves@uncc.edu
Announcements:
The spreadsheet for Portfolio Ex 2 is available here (download the Excel
spreadsheet)
Portfolio Ex 3 is available here
Readings:
Week 1: Introduction
- Garfinkel, Simson. 2000. "Welcome to Sealand. Now Bugger Off."
Wired. July. (in class)
Week 2: The Industrial Economy
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Meyer,
David. 1987.
AThe
National Integration of Regional Economies, 1860-1920.@
From North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent.
Mitchell and Groves eds. pp. 321-326 and 338-345.
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Hanchett, Thomas. 1998.
AHabilments
of Progress@
from Sorting Out the New South City. 48-67
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Harrington, J.W. and B.
Warf. 1995.
AThe
Industrial Revolution.@
Industrial Location. 119-124.
Week 2: Evolution Towards the Knowledge Economy
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Harrington and Warf.
1995. "Deindustrialization." Industrial Location. 132-147.
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Warf, B. and B. Holly.
1997. "The Rise and Fall of Cleveland." The Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science. (551). 208-222.
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Brown, K. and Latour,
A. 2004. "Phone Industry Faces Upheaval As Ways of Calling Change Fast."
Wall Street Journal. 8/25/04
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Malecki, E. 1997.
"Product Cycles." Technology and Economic Development. Longman.
75‑80.
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Fuscaldo, D. 2005.
ADigital
cameras may face threat from cellphones.@
Wall Street Journal. 8/17
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Martin, Edward. 2005.
ATrouble
in River City.@
Business North Carolina. July
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Christie,
L. 2008. “The incredible shrinking city” CNN.Com. April 14
Week 3: Knowledge Based Manufacturing
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Malecki,
E. 1997. "The Location of Economic Activities: Flexibility and
Agglomeration." Technology & Economic Development. Second
Edition.129-150.
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Lappin,
Todd. 1996. "The Airline of the Internet." Wired.
December.
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O==Brien,
Jeff. 2001. "The Making of the Xbox" Wired. November.
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McWilliams,
G. 2001. "Dell Fine-tunes its PC Pricing to Gain an Edge in Slow
Market." Wall Street Journal. June 8.
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Morse, D.
2002. "Tennessee
Producer Tries New Tactic in Sofas: Speed." Wall Street Journal.
November 19.
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Ansberry,
C. 2002. "Hurry-Up Inventory Method Hurts Where it
Once Helped." Wall Street Journal.
June 25. Thurm et al. 2001. "Flight Ban
Disrupts US Economy Reliant on Last-Minute Shipping." Wall Street
Journal. Sept. 13
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Ansberry,
C. 2002. "Old Industries Adopt Flex Staffing To Adapt to Rapid Pace
of Change." Wall Street Journal. March 22.
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[not distributed in clsss (you don't
have to read it)] Aeppel,
T. 2008. “Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs
Home Again.” Wall Street Journal. June 13.
Week 4: Types of Knowledge
- Carr, N. 2008. "Is Google Making us Stupid?" The Atlantic.Com
July August.
- Zook, M. 2005. Economic Clusters,
Knowledge Circulation and Venture Capital. In The geography of the
Internet Industry. Blackwell.
Week 5: Producer Services
Week 7: Production complexes
11/17/08
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