Cooperation, Networks, and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems
Cooperation, Networks, and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems

Author: Dirk Fornahl

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781840649833

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This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of clusters which have reached different stages of maturity. The authors address the topic from an empirical, theoretical and political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They offer a comprehensive overview of different approaches in the field and present numerous case studies which stress the influence of networks and local institutions. Significantly, they also introduce several new approaches to regional innovation systems, including contributions which explicitly discuss the design and potential of policy measures to promote regional development. The policy recommendations are based on sound theorising which, in turn, is based on extensive empirical research. This book is a valuable addition to a complex and growing literature which offers new perspectives and insights on cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented approaches will ensure this book is essential reading for academics and policymakers in the fields of regional economics, innovation research and economic geography.

Cooperation, Networks and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems
Cooperation, Networks and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems

Author: Dirk Fornahl

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

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This compilation of papers from a researchproject funded by the German Ministry provides a political perspective andunifying concept of how local industrial clusters can be strengthenedbypolicy measures.The chapters in Part I cover theoretical approaches, thechapters in Part II present case studies, and the chapters in part III containpolicy-oriented contributions. (JSD) Table of Contents Part I Local Culture and Regional Innovation Networks: Some Propositions,Sylvianne Pilo and Chris DeBresson Entrepreneurial Activities in a Regional Context, Dick Fornahl The Role of Trust and Power in the Institutional Regulation of TerritorialBusiness Systems, Reinhard Bachmann Cognitive Coordination, Institutions and Clusters: An ExploratoryDiscussion, Mark Lorenzen and Nicolai J. Foss Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer, Bart Nooteboom Learning Pathologies in Losing Areas: Towards a Definition of the CognitiveObstacles to Local Development, Paolo Seri On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Networks, Deborah Tappi Part II Is Nanjing's Concentration of IT Companies an Innovative Cluster? MeinePieter Van Dijk TV Content Production in Media Regions: The Necessities and Difficulties ofPublic Policy Support for a Project-based Industry, Anja Lutz, Jorg Sydow,and Udo Staber How Many Networks in a Local Cluster: Textile Machine Production andInnovation in Brescia, Francesco Lissoni and Massimo Pagani 'Lock-in' of Regional Clusters: The Case of Offshore Engineering in the OsloRegion, Arne Isaksen Part III Entrepreneurship Stimulation in Regional Innovation Systems--Public Promotionof University-based Start-ups in Germany, Knut Koschatsky Cooperation and Knowledge-pooling in Clusters: Designing TerritorialCompetitiveness Policies, Fabrizio Barca Policy Measures to Support the Emergence of Localised Industrial Clusters,Thomas Brenner.

Innovative Networks Co-operation in National Innovation Systems
Innovative Networks Co-operation in National Innovation Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2001-09-24

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9264195661

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This book analyses the role of networks in innovation and technology diffusion. It reviews policy initiatives to promote efficient networking in selected OECD countries, and draws the main implications for public policy.

Innovation and Institutions
Innovation and Institutions

Author: Steven Casper

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781845426729

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The idea behind this book is that institutions are important when it comes to explaining the specialisation and performance of national innovation systems. The idea is not new. But largely the institution-concept has remained somewhat vague and unspecified in the literature. This book is valuable since it succeeds in opening up the black box of institutions and organisations. The distinction between institutions at different levels and how they link up and form a systemic whole is especially original and fruitful. The interdisciplinary team behind the book has also produced a welcome antidote to the current tendency to benchmark innovation systems exclusively on the basis of quantitative indicators. The analysis demonstrates that some national systems do better in some specific areas because of being supported by institutions that are sometimes deeply rooted in history and culture. This is why imitating best-practice across countries is not a straight forward thing to do. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries make radical innovations but fail to successfully market them, whilst others making incremental innovations have more commercial success. The book draws on a variety of different literatures and perspectives to illustrate the organizational and institutional dimensions of national innovation systems. Literatures discussed include the economics of innovation, organizational sociology, administrative science, institutional economics, organizational learning, network analysis, business systems, economic governance and regulation. This truly interdisciplinary book will be invaluable to academics and researchers focussing on innovation in a wide range of fields. It will also strongly appeal to practitioners and policymakers concerned with innovation.

Regional Innovation Systems - An Analysis of Innovation Policy Instruments
Regional Innovation Systems - An Analysis of Innovation Policy Instruments

Author: Michael Bison

Publisher: diplom.de

Published: 2007-02-01

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 3956361768

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Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Innovation is essential for the competitiveness of companies within the globalised knowledge economy. In the actual situation of high unemployment rates in most western countries public economy support works thereby actively on the improvement of innovation activity conditions. The regional level is for this attempt the most interesting spatial entity because of its high significance in global economic mechanisms. The questions motivating this master thesis are how regional innovation policy can improve a regional innovation system and which of the possible policy instruments the most effective ones are to combat unemployment. Innovations are the new combination of recent or established knowledge, whose implementation had a noticeable effect on the performance of the organisation, it was implemented in. This includes product, process, organisational and people innovations. Innovations are not anymore an individual effort but a process which involves many actors and institutions. The basis for the exploration of how to support the development and implementation of these innovations is the regional innovation system approach. It divides the innovation process into phases and their linkages and allows identifying analytically the evolved actors and the weaknesses of the innovation process. The analysis of innovation policy instruments assigns each weakness within the innovation process an instrument which is explained and analysed in detail. The examined instruments are competence centres, start-up centres, science parks, networks, regional knowledge management and diffusion agencies. Each instrument s function and its main characteristics get described together with a best practice example, which leads to a conclusion on its effects on innovation and employment. The result of the analysis is that competence centres, start-up centres and science parks are central instruments and have the highest potential for employment effects. Networks, regional knowledge management and diffusion agencies are more supporting measures that improve the performance of the first three. For the success of all instruments, their combination with each other and the utilisation of synergies and dependencies between them is essential. A holistic concept including all instruments is the most effective way to support regional innovation processes. These findings get transferred to the case study region Bonn where, as an example for an [...]

Regional Innovation Systems
Regional Innovation Systems

Author: Philip N. Cooke

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 0415303699

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Since the first edition was published in 1998, there has been a worldwide innovation-led boom & subsequent slump. This new edition registers this change & offers an interesting test of the robustness of the original arguments.

Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change
Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change

Author: Zoltan Acs

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1134058268

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First Published in 1999. The process of globalization is shaped and reinforced by a rapidly changing knowledge environment. As economies become less constrained national frontiers they become more geographically specialized. Thus, important elements of the innovation process tend to become regional rather than national. In this new environment, large corporations are weakening their links with their home country, spreading their innovation activities to source different regional systems of innovation. Regional networks of forms are creating new forms of learning and production. The aim of this book is to broaden, both conceptually and empirically, the 'national systems of innovation' approach, developed by Lundvall, Freeman, Nelson and others. While recognizing the creative nature of economic adjustment in a turbulent world and the highly uneven distribution of economic growth, the national systems approach lacks a mechanism by which to understand innovation when realistic unit of analysis is no longer the nation state. Written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides a ground-breaking examination of sub-regional systems of innovation in an interconnected global economy.

The Dynamics of Local Innovation Systems
The Dynamics of Local Innovation Systems

Author: Eva Panetti

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0429514441

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the dynamics underpinning the successful performance of local innovation systems (LIS), that is, spatial concentration of innovation activities in specific geographical areas, characterized by the synergetic co-localization of research centers, innovation-driven enterprises, large corporations and capital providers. The reader will gain a deeper knowledge of LIS theory and learn about the theoretical and empirical challenges of studying the LIS from a relational perspective. The book also provides an analytical framework to explore the level of connectivity among LIS actors through the use of social network analysis (network architecture) and second, to assess the variety of different types of relationships that local actors put in place to produce innovation within the LIS (network portfolio). More specifically, this book explores which network configuration is associated with a successful LIS by deriving evidence from the empirical study of the biopharma LIS in the Greater Boston Area (GBA), which has been exemplified as a benchmark case in terms of successful LIS performance. This book also contributes to the theoretical debate about the optimal configuration of network structure (e.g. network closure vs. network openness). In capturing the heterogeneous nature of the LIS demography, it addresses the challenges brought about by the adoption of a holistic approach. Finally, the study provides insights into the network portfolio composition, which has been underexplored by extant literature. Besides addressing the scientific community in the field, this book will also be a valuable resource with practical implications for policymakers and those actors willing to undertake an active role in the development of an LIS in their own regions.

Multinational Enterprises and Innovation
Multinational Enterprises and Innovation

Author: Martin Heidenreich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1136641653

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The crucial actors of a global knowledge-based economy are multinational enterprises (MNEs). MNEs depend on the embeddedness in an institutional framework; their competitive advantage depends on the cross-border utilisation of regional and national capabilities. The innovativeness of a company is therefore based also on regional innovation systems. Multinational Enterprises and Innovation contributes to a better understanding of the interconnectedness between organisational and regional learning. On the basis of case studies in Germany and France, this volume investigates how MNEs cope with technical, economic and institutional uncertainties by drawing upon the complementary strengths of organisational and regional networks in national and European contexts. The book links two theoretical debates which are currently still largely disconnected -- the debate on learning processes in MNEs and the debate on the regional bases of innovativeness and competitiveness -- answering the question of how the internationalisation of R&D is reconciled with regional competences.