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The Spatial Aspects of Enterprise Learning in Transition Countries

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George Petrakos
Maria Tsiapa
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This paper investigates the sources of enterprise learning under transition, using the results of a recent survey conducted in six Central and East European countries. The analysis identifies three possible and interacting ways of enterprise learning: (1) learning by doing; (2) learning from the environment; and (3) learning from networks. Then it examines the spatial variations of the factors affecting learning by contrasting capital regions with western border regions and all sampled firms. The paper concludes that enterprise learning in transition economies is a spatially selective process, as most structural and behavioural factors tend to favour capital regions. Consequently, transition policies have to incorporate certain types of regional policy into their core, as a supplementary and balancing force to market-driven structural and spatial adjustments. A partir d'une enquête récente menée en six pays de l'Europe centrale et orientale, cet article cherche à examiner les origines de l'apprentissage d'entreprise dans les pays en voie de transition. L'analyse distingue trois façons éventuelles qui agissent l'une sur l'autre: (1) apprendre sur le tas; (2) apprendre en milieu; et (3) apprendre en réseau. Il s'ensuit un examen des variations spatiales des facteurs qui influent sur l'apprentissage en comparant les régions principales aux régions frontalières occidentales et à toutes les entreprises qui figurent dans l'échantillon. On conclut que l'apprentissage d'entreprise dans les économies en voie de transition s'avère un processus sélectif du point de vue spatial, vu que la plupart des facteurs structurels et de comportement ont tendance à favoriser les régions principales. Par conséquent, les politiques de transition doivent incorporer des politiques régionales particulières comme force supplémentaire et d'équilibre face aux ajustements structurels et spatiaux qui sont déterminés par les contraintes du marché. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die Quellen der Vermittlung von Kenntnissen zur Betriebsführung unter Übergangsbedingungen, wobei er sich auf die Ergebnisse einer kürzlich in sechs Ländern Mittel-und Osteuropas durchgeführten Umfrage stützt. Die Analyse stellt drei mögliche, und aufeinander einwirkende Arten der Vermittlung von Kenntnissen zur Betriebsführung vor: (1) Lernen durch Tun; (2) Lernen von der Umwelt; und (3) Lernen von Netzwerken. Sodann untersucht sie die räumlichen Abweichungen der Faktoren, die sich auf Lernprozesse auswirken, indem sie Hauptstadtregionen den westlichen Grenzgebiete und allen untersuchten Firmen gegenüberstellt. Der Aufsatz folgert, daß Vermittlung von Kenntnissen zur Betriebsführung in sich im Übergang befindlichen Wirtschaften ein räumlich aussiebender Vorgang ist, da die meisten strukturellen und Verhaltensfaktoren dazu neigen, Hauptstadtregionen zu begünstigen. Infolgedessen muß Übergangspolitik ihrem Kerngehalt gewisse Formen der Regionalpolitik als ergänzende und ausgleichende Kraft zu den vom Markt bestimmten strukturellen und räumlichen Einstellungen einverleiben.

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Volume (Year): 35 (2001)
Issue (Month): 6 (August)
Pages: 549-562
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