Dr. Franz Huber
Research
I am currently working on 'green' innovation. I am
completing my work on an ESRC funded project,
which aims to investigate knowledge linkages between UK motorsport
and cleantech firms. The aim is to get a better understanding of
the enablers of, and barriers to, successful knowledge transactions and
to develop recommendations for knowledge management and innovation policy.
My Ph.D project critically investigated the role of personal networks
for knowledge flows in innovative clusters. I have conducted a
survey and interviews with 105 R&D workers in 46 companies in the Greater
Cambridge Region. The results question the widespread assumption of technological
knowledge spillovers and lead to a more nuanced understanding of the role
and functioning of personal knowledge networks.
Furthermore, I worked on (i) the role of Popper’s evolutionary thinking for human ecological research, (ii) the social construction and political regulation of images of old towns, (iii) the the implementation of normative ecological ideas of a national park in touristic institutions, and (iv) the role of tourism for urban and regional development in Salzburg.
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My general academic interests:
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