Changing locus of innovation: a micro-process approach on the dynamics of proximity

Tanner, Anne Nygaard

doi:10.1080/09654313.2018.1529143

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“…Two potential mechanisms might account for these results. Tanner (2018) theoretically argues and empirically shows that geographical proximity is always a crucial factor for driving tie formation. Yet, this form of proximity changes over time, implying that the relevance of co-location in the same city is replaced by that of co-location in the same region.…”

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Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster

Abbasiharofteh

Broekel

2020

Environ Plan A

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The evolution of knowledge networks has recently received a lot of attention from researchers. Empirical studies have shown that different types of proximities and network structural properties play a decisive role in tie formation. The present paper contributes to this literature by arguing that while these are crucial, they do not capture the full range of localities’ influence on the evolution of knowledge networks. We support our argument with an empirical study on the development of the biotechnology knowledge network of Berlin from the early 1990s till 2016. The network was created by combining data on co-patenting, co-authorship and joint R&D projects. Forces driving the evolution of the network were identified with separable temporal exponential random graph models (STERGM). In addition to the ‘usual suspects’ (main proximity dimensions and structural factors), we found that the network is still developing in the ‘shadow of the wall’. The different social contexts in the different parts of the city of Berlin still hamper the establishment of collaborative ties between the former East and the former West Germany even 30 years after reunification.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster

Abbasiharofteh

Broekel

2020

Environ Plan A

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“…This finding is in line with earlier studies on innovation processes, according to which geographical proximity is important for innovation processes of firms, but the innovation processes stretch in space taking place at multiple sites. (Bathelt et al, 2004;Nygaard Tanner, 2018;Boschma, 2005).…”

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Networks of Innovation: Measuring Structure and Dynamics between and within Helices, Regions and Spatial Levels. Empirical Evidence from the Baltic Sea Region

Virkkala

Mariussen

2021

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In the quantitative, macro-oriented triple helix literature, synergy is measured indirectly, through patent data, firm data and other secondary statistical sources. These macro-level quantitative studies do not open up for understanding how different processes of cooperation create different outcomes, in terms of synergies. This article presents an alternative method of measuring quantitatively how different networks of innovation in a variety of ways create different types of complex synergies. This opens up for an empirical analysis of variations of synergy formation, seen as innovation networks with different structures, formed within and between helices, regions and geographical levels. Data was collected through a snapshot survey in 10 regional cases in the Baltic Sea Region. The analysis presents how different networks of innovation within and between helices are formed by different combinations of expectations, experiences and gaps.

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“…Moreover, geographical proximity facilitates interaction during various stages and activities of the innovation process. It is comparatively more relevant for development rather than research activities (Davids & Frenken, 2018), for incremental innovation (Stojcic, 2021), and for the generation of close-to-the-market ideas due to the improved access to industry-specific knowledge (Asheim & Coenen, 2006;Tanner, 2018).…”

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University satellite institutes as exogenous facilitators of technology transfer ecosystem development

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Universities can contribute to knowledge-based regional development not only in their home region but also in other regions. In a number of countries, universities have established university satellite institutes in additional (host) regions to promote research and technology transfer there. We investigate the role of university satellite institutes in the industrial development of regions, which, albeit not economically marginal, suffer from a weak knowledge infrastructure, limited absorptive capacities for external knowledge in the business sector and hence a low degree of attractiveness for non-local knowledge actors. Despite policy recommendations in favor of establishing satellite institutes, there has only been limited empirical research on this phenomenon, particularly concerning technology transfer ecosystem development. To fill this gap, we provide an exploratory case study of university satellite institutes in the Pearl River Delta of China’s Guangdong province. We show how such institutes can be successful in facilitating the development of their host region’s technology transfer ecosystems and demonstrate why they should be conceptually included in our existing understanding of third mission activities. Our research centers on the interplay of geographical proximity and non-spatial, organized proximity in the development of interregional knowledge bridges and entrepreneurial opportunities. We argue that the university’s geographical proximity is only successful if the satellite institute, by facilitating organized proximity, promotes the geographical proximity of further knowledge actors, hereby propelling ecosystem development.

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Changing locus of innovation: a micro-process approach on the dynamics of proximity

Cited by 19 publications

References 58 publications

Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster

Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster

Networks of Innovation: Measuring Structure and Dynamics between and within Helices, Regions and Spatial Levels. Empirical Evidence from the Baltic Sea Region

University satellite institutes as exogenous facilitators of technology transfer ecosystem development

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