Digital Knowledge Exploitation: ICT, Memory Institutions and Innovation from Cultural Assets

Laurentis, Carla De

doi:10.1007/s10961-005-5014-6

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“…Digital start-ups are of particular interest as they are expected “to deliver more value and wealth to more consumers and citizens more broadly than any economic development since the Industrial Revolution” (Dean et al 2012, p. 5). Fundamental to the creation and growth of digital start-ups is the successful exploitation of new knowledge (Audretsch et al 2016; De Laurentis 2006). A significant repository of that knowledge is to be found within university departments of computer science and business schools (Kollmann 2006).…”

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The impact of digital start-up founders’ higher education on reaching equity investment milestones

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This paper builds on human capital theory to assess the importance of formal education among graduate entrepreneurs. Using a sample of 4953 digital start-ups the paper evaluates the impact of start-up founding teams' higher education on the probability of securing equity investment and subsequent exit for investors. The main findings are: (1), teams with a founder that has a technical education are less likely to remain self-financed and are more likely to secure equity investment and to exit, but the impact of technical education declines with higher level degrees, (2) teams with a founder that has doctoral level business education are less likely to remain self-financed and have a higher probability of securing equity investment, while undergraduate and postgraduate business education have no significant effect, and (3) teams with a founder that has an undergraduate general education (arts and humanities) are less likely to remain self-financed and are more likely to secure equity investment and exit while postgraduate and doctoral general education have no significant effect on securing equity investment and exit. The findings enhance our understanding of factors that influence digital start-ups achieving equity milestones by showing the heterogeneous influence of different types of higher education, and therefore human capital, on new ventures achieving equity milestones. The results suggest that researchers and policy-makers should extend their consideration of universities entrepreneurial activity to include the development of human capital.

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“…The meaning of region is to be understood in a much broader sense than its geographical/administrative connotations. The definition of a region often comprises an administrative dimension (Cooke and Schienstock 2000), a sub-national level of governance (Cooke and Leydesdorff, 2006) and a cultural dimension (see for instance the case of the 6 Welsh language in Wales, (De Laurentis, 2006). Economic geographers, regional and innovation theorists have argued that regions are an ideal territorial scale for the institutional, learning and innovation processes (Morgan, 1997;Storper, 1997;Cooke and Morgan, 1998).…”

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The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: the case of Wales

Georgakaki

Laurentis

Eames

2015

IJCIS

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This paper examines the complexities of modelling a regional energy system in the context of Wales, and in the process, examines the role of regions in low carbon transitions.Despite a wealth of studies at national level, it can be challenging to derive insights into the regional potential of different technologies and transition pathways. The Welsh Government has set ambitious energy policy targets; viewed against the background of limited devolved powers -decisions on large-scale power generation lie with central UK Government -and an integrated power network in which Wales is a net power exporter, these present an interesting modelling problem. We discuss the need for 'regional' scale integrated energy modelling assessments, to improve the evidence base on the contributions of different technologies against the existing infrastructure and potential. We also discuss the need for appropriate indicators based on region-specific data in order to inform progress against policy goals.

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“…While independent producers in Cardiff were given a boost by S4C and by the 25 per cent quota, this market was constrained by the prevailing terms of trade that restricted the rights and freedoms of independent producers vis‐à‐vis the broadcasters. S4C, for example, aimed to build up a network of production companies that could offer a range of programme genres, and a bound‐dependency relationship had developed between the commissioner and production companies as those companies traded independence and higher rates of return for guarantee of commissions (De Laurentis ). The situation was similar to that pertaining in other parts of the UK sector (Antcliff et al.…”

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Development dynamics within creative media industries: the case of television and digital media in Wales

Morgan

2013

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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Interest in the creative industries has developed substantially over the last couple of decades as the economic impact of creative activity has been better defined and appreciated. While creative industries encompass a wide range of activities, television and digital media occupy a central position, enabling and facilitating development within the wider industry. While being strongly globalized, with hubs located in major international cities, significant activity is also located at regional centres, and the sector operates within a context in which cultural and political, as well as economic and technological factors feature strongly. Relevant knowledge and innovation capacities within a region are thus sensitive to, and shaped by a range of institutional and industrial actors. The sector is of interest to policy‐makers seeking to promote regional industrial development and to economic geographers seeking to understand territorial patterns of innovation and development. This paper explores the aggregation of expertise in a region through the local generation of technological, commercial and creative capacities, and through networked access to external sources, extra‐regional, and global influences. It takes Cardiff, Wales as an example, and explores the local territorial pattern of innovation in the television and digital media sector.

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Digital Knowledge Exploitation: ICT, Memory Institutions and Innovation from Cultural Assets

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

The impact of digital start-up founders’ higher education on reaching equity investment milestones

The impact of digital start-up founders’ higher education on reaching equity investment milestones

The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: the case of Wales

Development dynamics within creative media industries: the case of television and digital media in Wales

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