A Virtuous Circle? Co-evolution of Regional and Corporate Cultures

Reine, Peter Prud’homme van; Dankbaar, Ben

doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.618684

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“…They also interact and mirror each other, as well as being embedded among one and another (Hall, 1976). A common feature of the definitions of the three levels of culture is a shared pattern of basic assumptions, values and beliefs the groups learn over time (Hofstede, 1991; Schein, 1992; Tsui et al , 2006; Prud’homme van Reine and Dankbaar, 2011), for their pertaining group, i.e. nation, region or organization.…”

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Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

Song

Zhang-Zhang²,

Tian

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in China where innovation is deemed as a key for sustainable economic development. The diversity of China’s regional culture and its rising economic and innovative capability enhancement provides an opportunity for such an exploration. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts the GLOBE’s nine cultural dimensions to empirically examine the relationship between culture and Chinese regional innovation performance through multiple regression analysis. Findings The study results find that performance orientation and gender egalitarianism have positive and significant influences on regional innovation performance, while institutional collectivism has a negative and significant influence. The remaining six GLOBE cultural dimensions show no significant effect on regional innovation performance. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research exploring the relationship between culture and regional innovation performance in a Chinese context by using GLOBE’s cultural dimensions that are deemed as a valuable empirical alternative to Hofstede’s cultural measures. The results of this study help further the understanding of the cultural influence in China’s regional innovation performance.

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

Song

Zhang-Zhang²,

Tian

et al. 2019

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“…The interdependence of regional and corporate cultures depends on the degree of firms' embeddedness in their regional context, also referred to as "productive chorality" [28]. This interdependence and the various forms of interaction between different cultural settings can set in motion a "virtuous circle", which triggers the co-evolution of regional and corporate change competences, ultimately leading to regional renewal [29]. In these cases, the shared frame of reference fuels trust between the different actors, which is a "precondition for effective knowledge exchange, cooperation and collective learning" [3] (p.1910) and ultimately change.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It affects both the corporate and innovation culture of single enterprises and the cultural setting of the whole region [16]. Successful and innovative enterprises cultivate a culture of change [29] and often show a considerable responsibility for their location [43]. Touristic offers complement the economic diversity of a region.…”

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confidence: 99%

Path Renewal or Path Dependence? The Role of Industrial Culture in Regional Restructuring

Görmar

Harfst

2019

Urban Science

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In recent decades, manufacturing industries in Europe have undergone a deep transformation due to global market competition, automation, and adaptation to globalized production patterns. The impact of deindustrialization and regional restructuring has been particularly strong on regions outside of metropolitan areas, which may be locked in their specific development path and cannot benefit from agglomeration effects. However, scholars are increasingly shifting their attention to processes of regional renewal, emphasizing the strengths and potentials of such regions. Such potentials holds the concept of Industrial Culture which is defined as a particular cultural setting made up of certain intangible assets, such as skills, attitudes, traditions, tangible monuments, and artefacts. Based on the case study of the district of Zwickau, the authors identify three dimensions of Industrial Culture. These cultural, social, and economic aspects can be underscored by different—albeit often overlapping—actions, opening up new development options for the region if embedded in a broad network of regional actors. Industrial Culture can thus be perceived as a strategic concept to form a coherent approach of regional development by integrating various existing activities in a region.

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“…The innovation dilemma approach (Prud'homme van Reine and Dankbaar, 2009, 2011a, 2011b) is a promising framework to understand innovation processes because it acknowledges the dynamics of the innovation process and allows for addressing interactions between a wide range of factors in the innovation system. In the innovation dilemma approach, creating innovation cultures is seen as a continuous process of finding a dynamic balance in a number of 'fields of tension', which can be described by innovation dilemmas.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The cultural dilemmas can be translated to nine innovation culture dilemmas at the level of corporate cultures (Prud'homme van Reine and Dankbaar, 2009), where they show up in the practices of innovative companies, e.g. in how Toyota manages contradictions in its innovation process (Takeuchi et al, 2008) and at the level of regional cultures (Prud'homme van Reine and Dankbaar, 2011a) where the innovation dilemmas show up in how various stakeholders try to balance tensions in regional innovation systems (Prud'homme van Reine and Dankbaar, 2011b). This article focuses on regional innovation cultures.…”

Section: Innovation Dilemmas and Regional Innovation Systemsmentioning

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Creating cultures of sustainable innovation

Reine¹

2013

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Sustainability has become one the main drivers of innovation and many regions in the world aim to transform into a ‘sustainable innovation region’. Culture is an essential element of the innovation environment in a sustainable innovation policy. This article discusses recent insights in the theoretical and empirical foundation of innovation policies aimed at developing ‘cultures of sustainable innovation’. A multidisciplinary approach based on the dilemma paradigm of enquiry is used to develop a dynamic framework on how to foster sustainable innovation. The approach is applied in an assessment of the sustainable innovation culture in two regions: Silicon Valley and Southeast Netherlands. It is concluded that Regional Innovation Systems can be assessed by evaluating to what extent a dynamic balance is established on each of the innovation culture dilemmas. However, copying ‘success formulas’ for sustainable innovation from other regions is impossible. The dynamic balance depends on history and culture of the region and the continuous interaction with the external environment.

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A Virtuous Circle? Co-evolution of Regional and Corporate Cultures

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

Culture and regional innovation performance: an exploration in China

Path Renewal or Path Dependence? The Role of Industrial Culture in Regional Restructuring

Creating cultures of sustainable innovation

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