Więzi - integracja - networking. Socjologiczne wymiary przekształceń regionu przemysłowego w kierunku regionu wiedzy

Complicated nature of the industrial transformation of the region into a knowledge region is one of the most interesting topics of research, observation and inquiry both for researchers and practitioners. Contemporary empirical analyzes in a comprehensive manner attempt to describe these phenomena taking into account the concept of interdisciplinary roots: human capital and social capital, learning region — as well as the notion of a strictly sociological origin — social relations, integration and more recently networking. The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of the results of research in the Silesia voivodeship concerning transformation of the industrial region towards the knowledge region. The basic conclusion from these analyzes relates to the changing nature of relationships, the importance of relationships, integration and cooperation between regional entrepreneurs, the development of innovation and its determinants.