An Investigation of the Relation between Cooperation Intensity and the Innovative Success of German Regions

Broekel, Tom; Brenner, Thomas; Buerger, Matthias

doi:10.1080/17421772.2014.992359

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“…This study has been drawn up with the aim of bringing forward new impulses to the research field of regional knowledge production in theoretical, methodological as well as empirical terms. Even though previous studies partly confirm positive effects of collaborative R&D on regional knowledge output (see e.g., Fornahl et al 2011;Varga et al 2014;Broekel et al 2015), the mechanisms of how such inter-regional R&D networks influence the generation of knowledge have remained mostly untouched in the empirical literature so far. In this study we emphasize the view that participation in R&D networks facilitates or supports the efforts of regional actors to generate new knowledge.…”

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confidence: 99%

R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space‐time model

Wanzenböck

Piribauer

2018

Papers in Regional Science

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ABSTRACT:In this paper we estimate space-time impacts of the embeddedness in R&D networks on regional knowledge production by means of a dynamic spatial panel data model with non-linear effects for a set of 229 European NUTS-2 regions in the period 1999-2009. Embeddedness refers to the positioning in networks where nodes represent regions that are linked by joint R&D endeavours in European Framework Programmes. We observe positive immediate impacts on regional knowledge production arising from increased embeddedness in EU funded R&D networks, in particular for regions with lower own knowledge endowments. However, long-term impacts of R&D network embeddedness are comparatively small.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space‐time model

Wanzenböck

Piribauer

2018

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Broekel & Binder, 2007;Healy & Morgan, 2012). Although geographical proximity may provide certain advantages for tasks that involve knowledge exchange, there is evidence showing that over-proximity also may erode the company's innovative performance (Broekel et al, 2010). Giuliani (2007) claimed that in fact geographical proximity is not sufficient, and is even not necessary, for knowledge and information to be transferred between different agents.…”

Section: Geographic Proximitymentioning

confidence: 98%

The Evolution of Innovation Networks and Spin-off Entrepreneurship: The Case of RAD

Frenkel

Israel

Maital

2015

European Planning Studies

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We conducted an in-depth analysis of an Israeli startup, RAD Bynet, founded in 1981, that has intentionally, through the vision of its founder, given rise to 129 other startups employing some 15,000 workers, and created a unique "cloud". Through a survey of the existing firms, we sought to explore the nature of this ecosystem and to quantify the relationships that exist between the mother company and the enterprises that emerge from it. Our main findings were: (a) social and technological proximity encourages the tendency of the companies to maintain business relationships that probably contribute to knowledge exchange, while technological diversity drives innovation and startup formation; and (b) firms will choose to cooperate on the basis of a shared past and personal proximity relations, as well as technological proximity at a certain level; "viral clouds" of startups like the one we studied can thus intentionally be designed and developed.

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“…Further, geographical proximity can be permanent or temporary (Knoben and Oerlemans 2006). Geographical proximity can have a positive influence on the exchange of tacit and codified knowledge (Howells 2002); however, empirical studies have also shown that a combination of local and nonlocal relations benefits learning and innovation (Asheim and Isaksen 2002;Broekel et al 2010), that is, both types of relations are important (Jaffe et al 1993;Bathelt et al 2004;Boschma and ter Wal 2007).…”

Section: Geographicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting Industrial Symbiosis: Using the Concept of Proximity to Explore Social Network Development

Velenturf

Jensen

2015

J of Industrial Ecology

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) has been identified as a strategy for promoting industrial sustainability. IS has been defined as the development of close working agreements between industrial and other organizations that, through the innovative reuse, recycling or sharing of resources, leads to resource efficiency. Key to IS are innovation and social network development. This article critically reviews IS literature and concludes that, to inform pro-active strategies for promoting IS, the understanding of the social processes leading to resource innovation needs to be improved. Industrial ecologists generally believe that close geographic proximity and trust are essential to the development of IS. This article argues, however, that there is a need to learn more about the meaning of, need for, and specific role of geographic proximity and trust in IS and, additionally, that other potentially important social factors have remained under-explored. To move IS research forward, this article suggests to engage with research in economic geography on the concept of 'proximity', which draws attention to the ways in which geographic, cognitive, institutional, social and organizational distances between actors might affect innovation. Arguably the analytically distinct but flexible dimensions of proximity can be useful to explore how and why IS develops. The resulting qualitative knowledge would form a basis for researching whether general patterns for IS development exist and, more importantly, could inform

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An Investigation of the Relation between Cooperation Intensity and the Innovative Success of German Regions

Cited by 42 publications

References 45 publications

R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space‐time model

R&D networks and regional knowledge production in Europe: Evidence from a space‐time model

The Evolution of Innovation Networks and Spin-off Entrepreneurship: The Case of RAD

Promoting Industrial Symbiosis: Using the Concept of Proximity to Explore Social Network Development

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