Gurid Karevoll

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.

Keywords: tacit knowledge, innovation, social capital, GIS, artisan food producers

Gurid Karevoll [gurid.gjostein.karevoll@hvl.no], Faculty of Economy Koszalin University of Technology Kwiatkowskiego 6e, 75-343 Koszalin: Poland; HVL Business School, Faculty of Technology Environmental and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Røyrgata 6, 6856, Sogndal: Norway
Julia Ziółkowska [julia.ziolkowska@ug.edu.pl], Faculty of Social Sciences University of Gdańsk Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk: Poland
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski [gregory.kwiatkowski@hvl.no], Faculty of Economy Koszalin University of Technology Kwiatkowskiego 6e, 75-343 Koszalin: Poland; HVL Business School, Faculty of Technology Environmental and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Røyrgata 6, 6856, Sogndal: Norway
Dariusz Kloskowski [dariusz.kloskowski@tu.koszalin.pl], Faculty of Economy Koszalin University of Technology Kwiatkowskiego 6e, 75-343 Koszalin: Poland