Innovation, networking and the new industrial clusters: the characteristics of networks and local innovation capabilities in the Turkish industrial clusters

Eraydın, Ayda; Armatli-Köroğlu, Bilge

doi:10.1080/08985620500202632

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“…However, more and more authors have emphasized the role of the firm's internal resources and in particular those resources related to capacity for innovation (Eraydin and Armatli-Köroğlu, 2005;Molina-Morales and Martínez-Fernández, 2006;Huggins and Johnston, 2010).…”

Section: Determinants Of Innovation In Clustersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of cluster connectedness on firm innovation: R&D effort and outcomes in the textile industry

Molina‐Morales

Expósito-Langa

2012

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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Recent research into the clustering effect on firms has moved away from a simplistic view to a more complex approach. More realistic and complex causal relationships are now considered when analyzing these territorial networks. Specifically, this paper attempts to analyze how cluster connectedness moderates the relationship of a firm's innovation effort and the results obtained from this effort. We want to question the commonly accepted direct and positive impact of R&D effort, and moreover, we suggest the existence of a saturation effect and that the level of cluster's inter-connectedness in the cluster moderates this effect.We have developed our empirical study focusing on the Spanish textile industrial cluster. This is a complex manufacturing industry that uses relatively low technology manufacturing and R&D. Our findings suggest that the degree to which a firm is involved with, or connected to, other firms in the cluster can moderate the effect of the R&D effort on its innovation results.More generally, we aim to contribute to the discussion on the degree to which firms should be involved in the cluster network in order to operate efficiently and gain the maximum competitive advantages. Our findings have implications both in recent cluster and network literature as well for institutional policy.

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Section: Determinants Of Innovation In Clustersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of cluster connectedness on firm innovation: R&D effort and outcomes in the textile industry

Molina‐Morales

Expósito-Langa

2012

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…[3] and this, in turn, makes firms dependent on informal personal relationships and thereby closer proximity for its transfer. In compliance with this, Eraydın and Köroğlu (2005) find local firms in close proximity to be a very valuable knowledge source for innovation in traditional low-tech industries in Turkish industrial clusters.…”

Section: Knowledge Sharing and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…As a manifestation of this, most firms do not have access and are not inserted into global networks. Theoretically, such global networks have the potential to help firms upgrade their innovations and improve their product, process and marketing intelligence (Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002;Eraydın and Köroğlu, 2005). Also, as Bathelt et al (2004) argue, such external linkages may feed new and valuable knowledge residing elsewhere into the locale.…”

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Does Informal Knowledge Sharing Breed Innovation in Industrial Clusters?

Şengün¹

2015

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This study investigates the influence of informal knowledge sharing on the innovative performance of individual firms in an industrial cluster. By informal knowledge sharing, we mean to imply the knowledge that is shared automatically, indirectly, accidentally and unknowingly by firms in a geographically bounded area as part of the know-how common to all members in the cluster. To capture this 'informality.', we investigate the impact of trust-based knowledge sharing. In this respect, we associate trust-based knowledge sharing between furniture manufacturers and furniture retailers to their innovative performance. While doing this, we make use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Data from 220 manufacturers and 137 retailers suggest no association between informal knowledge sharing and innovative performance. We discuss our findings with respect to the interaction between contextual specifics and innovative effectiveness of knowledge sharing. Further, we try to identify those elements in the institutional environment of the cluster that are unfavorable to the production of innovation.

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“…Therefore some researchers suggest that firms in the cluster have potential to be more innovative than others because they benefit from agglomeration economies such as nearby suppliers attaining efficient scale, direct observation of competitors, and ability to exploit collective knowledge. Moreover, firms in clusters also benefit from network-based effects, especially enhanced social interaction [8,11] and have more opportunities to get in touch with customers and be aware of new customers' needs more clearly and more quickly [10].…”

Section: Innovativeness In the Polish Furniture Clustersmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Clustering on the Innovativeness Of Furniture Industry

Grzegorzewska¹,

Niziałek²,

Olkowicz³

2014

Management and Production Engineering Review

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The furniture industry in Poland is a rapidly growing area of the economy. The level of innovation strongly influences furniture enterprises competitive position on the market. To support innovation, small and medium furniture industry businesses are affiliate in cluster initiatives. It supports the area of R&D, joint promotional campaigns and financing of new ventures. The paper presents selected furniture industry cluster initiatives that implement policies to support innovation activities of enterprises affiliated to them. In Poland, more and more furniture industry businesses brings together in cluster initiatives that aim to improve their market competitiveness and increase the level of innovation. Taken studies allow to analyse the direction of innovative activities undertaken by companies of the furniture industry with particular emphasis on the ones associated in clusters. Thus the aim of the article is to investigate the interest of Polish furniture enterprises (especially SMEs), in participation in clusters. Moreover the benefits of that choice and its impact on Polish furniture manufacturers innovativeness are evaluated.Keywords innovation, furniture industry, cluster initiative, areas of innovation furniture industry.

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Innovation, networking and the new industrial clusters: the characteristics of networks and local innovation capabilities in the Turkish industrial clusters

Cited by 77 publications

References 82 publications

The impact of cluster connectedness on firm innovation: R&D effort and outcomes in the textile industry

The impact of cluster connectedness on firm innovation: R&D effort and outcomes in the textile industry

Does Informal Knowledge Sharing Breed Innovation in Industrial Clusters?

The Impact of Clustering on the Innovativeness Of Furniture Industry

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