Pub Date : 2016-07-25DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.077887
Tie Wei, Zhiwei Zhu, Qiuyue Luo, Mei Yang
This paper explores the factors influencing on the evolution of Regional Technological Innovation Ecosystem (RTIE) under resource constraints in the less developed region. It takes the Economic Zone of Beibu Gulf of Guangxi in China, as an empirical sample and analyses the factorial path with the data of this region through establishing the structural equation model (SEM). The results show that the 'main factor of innovation ecosystem', 'the factor of resource constraints' and 'the environmental factor in innovation system' have positive influence on the healthy development of RTIE in this region. However, the factors of 'the environment of innovation policy' and 'the micro-market environment' have negative influence on the healthy development of the RTIE. This study provides some theoretical foundations and the suggestions for future research in evolution and policies of RTIE in the less developed region.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-25DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.077888
M. Lindberg, A. Jansson
This article explores how social innovation on the regional, sub-national, level helps pinpoint socially inclusive change for smart, inclusive and sustainable growth in European regional development policy. The article presents and analyses new and unique data on regional social innovation from northern Sweden, where a participatory research approach was used to develop new theoretical and practical knowledge in cooperation between researchers and concerned societal actors. The study exposes that the studied examples pinpoint crucial elements by acknowledging the relevance of power-related dimensions such as gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, rurality etc. when distinguishing societal challenges, social needs and social improvements, the relevance of civil society engagement when developing new solutions, the importance of interaction across personal, organisational, sectoral and spatial boundaries and the importance of highlighting and challenging power-relations that ascribe higher status to a limited range of groups, organisations, sectors, perspectives and innovation forms.
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Pub Date : 2016-05-05DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076199
A. Anttiroiko, M. Laine, Henrik Lönnqvist
Innovations have become indispensable in global intercity competition. Local actors must be able to forge links to different domains of global innovation in order to be able to gain access to and benefit from global flows of values. In this article, we analyse metropolitan governments' strategies for global innovation networking, drawing empirical evidence from the case of the city of Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki focuses in its global innovation networking on three activities: participating in international city networks, utilising networks to attract innovative companies and talent to the city, and connecting the local innovation environment to global innovation ecology. Helsinki relies on learning by doing in its quest to reap benefits from innovation networking. Its special challenges are to cope with the multidimensionality of global innovation networking, develop a shared vision, and create collaborative mindset in order to get rid of obstacles caused by institutional silos and enclaves.
{"title":"Metropolitan strategies for global innovation networking: the case of Helsinki","authors":"A. Anttiroiko, M. Laine, Henrik Lönnqvist","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076199","url":null,"abstract":"Innovations have become indispensable in global intercity competition. Local actors must be able to forge links to different domains of global innovation in order to be able to gain access to and benefit from global flows of values. In this article, we analyse metropolitan governments' strategies for global innovation networking, drawing empirical evidence from the case of the city of Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki focuses in its global innovation networking on three activities: participating in international city networks, utilising networks to attract innovative companies and talent to the city, and connecting the local innovation environment to global innovation ecology. Helsinki relies on learning by doing in its quest to reap benefits from innovation networking. Its special challenges are to cope with the multidimensionality of global innovation networking, develop a shared vision, and create collaborative mindset in order to get rid of obstacles caused by institutional silos and enclaves.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128114708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article presents a review of recent research in order to discuss a new research agenda on the role of innovation, with focus on its relevance for regional development in a European context. The research question addressed is: what are the theories in recent literature on innovation in the perspective of regional development in order to develop policy-oriented conclusions? The analysis is based on a literature review of 15 articles published in 2012-2013 and is a further literature review analysis from 2011 and 2012. Results are indicating that there is an increasing role for regional policymakers e.g. that policymakers must both recognise and develop policies for forms of knowledge that have not traditionally been considered central to their activities, and an increasing role due to existing multi-level governance. Furthermore; the 'learning region' concept needs to be developed; a broader view and development of a heterodox approach to innovation including not only technological but also other types such as social and public innovation and the importance of networks and social capital for regional innovation are stressed.
Pub Date : 2016-05-05DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076200
S. M. Fosstenløkken
Systemic instruments (SIs) focus on identifying obstacles to building innovative systems and finding solutions to these problems. However, the actual use of SIs has not been specifically addressed. Thus, this article seeks to extend SI research by enhancing the understanding of systemic policy intervention in regional practice. It does so by exploring how a policy intermediary operates as a facilitator of an inventor-investor matchmaking process in the context of the maritime industry in the Oslo region of Norway. Based on a narrative methodology, the study presents a novel conceptualisation of a systemic activity termed facilitated matchmaking. This particular activity helped speed up regional innovation and entrepreneurship by connecting and safeguarding the 'right match' from two enabling and related sources identified as: 1) matchmaking of individual competences; 2) matchmaking of network resources. The article concludes by outlining implications for future research on systemic policy instruments and practice.
{"title":"Systemic instruments for regional intervention in practice: the facilitation of an inventor-investor matchmaking process","authors":"S. M. Fosstenløkken","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076200","url":null,"abstract":"Systemic instruments (SIs) focus on identifying obstacles to building innovative systems and finding solutions to these problems. However, the actual use of SIs has not been specifically addressed. Thus, this article seeks to extend SI research by enhancing the understanding of systemic policy intervention in regional practice. It does so by exploring how a policy intermediary operates as a facilitator of an inventor-investor matchmaking process in the context of the maritime industry in the Oslo region of Norway. Based on a narrative methodology, the study presents a novel conceptualisation of a systemic activity termed facilitated matchmaking. This particular activity helped speed up regional innovation and entrepreneurship by connecting and safeguarding the 'right match' from two enabling and related sources identified as: 1) matchmaking of individual competences; 2) matchmaking of network resources. The article concludes by outlining implications for future research on systemic policy instruments and practice.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"06 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129429622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-05-05DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076201
Benedict C. Doepfer, A. Habisch, H. Pechlaner, X. Poppe, Christoph H. Schwarz
This study inquires the social impact of entrepreneurial behaviour from a regional development perspective. A special focus is laid on the reciprocity of public and private leaders' regional responsibility. From a social capital perspective, the relevance of shared values among actors within regional structures is elaborated and identified as a decisive component for establishing regional economic prosperity in dynamic structural conditions. Qualitative data is analysed by mapping semantic relations within network structures. Results emphasise the role of shared values among entrepreneurs and public managers as a critical precondition for the application of entrepreneurial patterns to approaching social challenges.
{"title":"Entrepreneurship, shared values and the region - assessing the conditions for regional social performance of entrepreneurial behaviour","authors":"Benedict C. Doepfer, A. Habisch, H. Pechlaner, X. Poppe, Christoph H. Schwarz","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076201","url":null,"abstract":"This study inquires the social impact of entrepreneurial behaviour from a regional development perspective. A special focus is laid on the reciprocity of public and private leaders' regional responsibility. From a social capital perspective, the relevance of shared values among actors within regional structures is elaborated and identified as a decisive component for establishing regional economic prosperity in dynamic structural conditions. Qualitative data is analysed by mapping semantic relations within network structures. Results emphasise the role of shared values among entrepreneurs and public managers as a critical precondition for the application of entrepreneurial patterns to approaching social challenges.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117229445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-06DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074062
Martti Saarela, O. Kauppila, Eija-Riitta Niinikoski, M. Muhos, P. Leviäkangas
In developed countries, the public sector allocates substantial resources to support entrepreneurship. Current literature provides limited evidence on how public advisory services should be efficiently and effectively organised. This study investigated what the perceived significance and service level of public advisory services is. A single case study focusing on a sparsely populated region in Northern Finland was performed by carrying out orientation interviews and a customer survey. As a result of this study, the levels of successfulness and the importance of the public advisory services were clarified from the customers' perspective. The results imply that the services are particularly important in the very beginning of the development of the business. It is also then when the most tailoring is called for. This research includes a novel sample, reflecting experiences particularly from a northern sparsely populated area. The perceived customer value of the services is a significant new viewpoint.
{"title":"Public advisory services for early-stage companies in northern sparsely populated area","authors":"Martti Saarela, O. Kauppila, Eija-Riitta Niinikoski, M. Muhos, P. Leviäkangas","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074062","url":null,"abstract":"In developed countries, the public sector allocates substantial resources to support entrepreneurship. Current literature provides limited evidence on how public advisory services should be efficiently and effectively organised. This study investigated what the perceived significance and service level of public advisory services is. A single case study focusing on a sparsely populated region in Northern Finland was performed by carrying out orientation interviews and a customer survey. As a result of this study, the levels of successfulness and the importance of the public advisory services were clarified from the customers' perspective. The results imply that the services are particularly important in the very beginning of the development of the business. It is also then when the most tailoring is called for. This research includes a novel sample, reflecting experiences particularly from a northern sparsely populated area. The perceived customer value of the services is a significant new viewpoint.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129173730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-06DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074060
Maria Manuela Martins, A. Morais, Helena Isidro
This article presents the results of an investigation into the state of research in intellectual capital in the Mediterranean context through the analysis of 15 studies published in journals. The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey of papers on disclosure of intellectual capital information in Mediterranean countries. The results show the majority of studies on disclosure of intellectual capital in Mediterranean countries are made in European countries. France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Portugal and Spain were the only ones of the 26 Mediterranean countries to examine the disclosure of intellectual capital, and the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula are responsible for ten of these papers.
{"title":"Disclosure of intellectual capital in Mediterranean countries","authors":"Maria Manuela Martins, A. Morais, Helena Isidro","doi":"10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIRD.2015.074060","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the results of an investigation into the state of research in intellectual capital in the Mediterranean context through the analysis of 15 studies published in journals. The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey of papers on disclosure of intellectual capital information in Mediterranean countries. The results show the majority of studies on disclosure of intellectual capital in Mediterranean countries are made in European countries. France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Portugal and Spain were the only ones of the 26 Mediterranean countries to examine the disclosure of intellectual capital, and the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula are responsible for ten of these papers.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125696593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-06DOI: 10.1504/ijird.2015.074063
J. Perret
The transmission of knowledge between different entities is a central part of the concept of the national innovation system introduced by Lundvall. As knowledge in general is a statistically rather intangible concept, alternative concepts need to be implemented to account for it. This study uses patent citations to account for codified knowledge flows across the regions of the Russian Federation and is thus the first study focusing on patent citation in the Russian Federation. These flows are quantified and it is shown that basic economic indicators like the quality of the regional research system and the regional income levels are suitable in describing the intensity of knowledge flows.
{"title":"Knowledge spillovers via patent citations across the regions of the Russian Federation - evidence from European patent data","authors":"J. Perret","doi":"10.1504/ijird.2015.074063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijird.2015.074063","url":null,"abstract":"The transmission of knowledge between different entities is a central part of the concept of the national innovation system introduced by Lundvall. As knowledge in general is a statistically rather intangible concept, alternative concepts need to be implemented to account for it. This study uses patent citations to account for codified knowledge flows across the regions of the Russian Federation and is thus the first study focusing on patent citation in the Russian Federation. These flows are quantified and it is shown that basic economic indicators like the quality of the regional research system and the regional income levels are suitable in describing the intensity of knowledge flows.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127383543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-06DOI: 10.1504/ijird.2015.074061
G. McMillan, F. Bezzina, Debra L. Casey
Malta joined the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004. Prior to joining the EU, Malta's research and innovation (R&I) base was rather limited to tourism and aquaculture issues. Since its accession, Malta believes that it has made substantial strides in its research efforts, yet many of the traditional EU measures are unclear as to its progress. To attempt to address this discrepancy, and since no previous research has attempted to directly measure Malta's progress in its R&I outcomes, we employ bibliometric analyses, focusing on scientific publications, to uncover that Malta has indeed made progress in its scientific efforts. Comparing 573 articles in the ten years prior to accession to 2,190 articles in the ten years hence, we find that Malta has extended its international co-authorships, expanded its research front, and increased its highly cited articles. While this is clearly impressive, we also highlight some shortcomings in how far Malta has come.
{"title":"Malta's science base and accession into the European Union: before and after","authors":"G. McMillan, F. Bezzina, Debra L. Casey","doi":"10.1504/ijird.2015.074061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijird.2015.074061","url":null,"abstract":"Malta joined the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004. Prior to joining the EU, Malta's research and innovation (R&I) base was rather limited to tourism and aquaculture issues. Since its accession, Malta believes that it has made substantial strides in its research efforts, yet many of the traditional EU measures are unclear as to its progress. To attempt to address this discrepancy, and since no previous research has attempted to directly measure Malta's progress in its R&I outcomes, we employ bibliometric analyses, focusing on scientific publications, to uncover that Malta has indeed made progress in its scientific efforts. Comparing 573 articles in the ten years prior to accession to 2,190 articles in the ten years hence, we find that Malta has extended its international co-authorships, expanded its research front, and increased its highly cited articles. While this is clearly impressive, we also highlight some shortcomings in how far Malta has come.","PeriodicalId":260303,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114619282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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