The key message of this book is that heterogeneity should be seen as an intrinsic and indispensable element of knowledge systems. The authors address the concept of heterogeneity in a multi-disciplinary fashion, including perspectives from evolutionary economics and innovation system studies, and relate this approach to existing theories in a broad range of fields. This book postulates that one approach to such a re-conceptualization is what we call the 'Mode 3' system consisting of 'Innovation Networks' and 'Knowledge Clusters' for knowledge creation, diffusion and use. This is a multi-layered, multi-modal, multi-nodal and multi-lateral system, encompassing complementary and mutually reinforcing innovation networks and knowledge clusters consisting of human and intellectual capital, shaped by social capital and underpinned by financial capital. "Diversity in the Knowledge Economy and Society" will appeal to academics and researchers of innovation and science, knowledge management and economics.

这本书的关键信息是，异质性应该被视为知识系统的内在和不可或缺的元素。作者以多学科的方式阐述了异质性的概念，包括进化经济学和创新系统研究的观点，并将这种方法与广泛领域的现有理论联系起来。本书假设，这种重新概念化的一种方法是我们所称的“模式3”系统，由“创新网络”和“知识集群”组成，用于知识创造、传播和使用。这是一个多层次、多模式、多节点和多侧面的系统，包括互补和相互加强的创新网络和知识集群，由人力资本和智力资本组成，由社会资本塑造，由金融资本支撑。“知识经济和社会的多样性”将吸引创新与科学、知识管理和经济学的学者和研究人员。