ABSTRACT
At the present time we are living in a shrinking world. Developments in the field of technology are blurring or even obliterating traditional national boundaries. Globalisation is the trend in our knowledge economy. Modern communication techniques have turned the remote into the proximate. This certainly applies in the field of knowledge development and knowledge transfer. It is, therefore, justifiable to ask whether we should speak of learning regions in terms of a paradigm or a paradox. What is the purpose of a learning region if knowledge is no longer location-dependent, but available anywhere in the world? For businesses to survive in such a global economy, they must apply international benchmarks to wage costs, productivity, innovation and all other factors of competition.
