Innovation Performance in the eu Comparative Perspective

Cepoi, Victor; Голоб, Тэа

doi:10.1163/15691330-12341433

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“…Even more, from a scientific approach, the cases emphasized that rather similar operationalization can be adapted for both regional and national levels. The results presented at the regional level (Rončević and Modic 2012;Modic and Rončević 2018;Cepoi 2018;Cepoi 2019) are in accordance with the results obtained in other studies at the national level (Cepoi and Rončević 2015;Rončević and Cepoi 2016;Cepoi and Golob 2017). At least, these results show the importance of incorporation of different social aspects that determine the evolution and development of innovation processes within a particular milieu.…”

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A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory

Cepoi¹

2020

Research in Social Change

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Modern reports and studies on innovation processes offer a variety of possibilities for measuring and explaining innovation processes. These reports have a comparable model for operationalization of the concept of innovation, as they include both quantitative and qualitative indicators. The complexity of the modern societies and the interaction of actors, determines also to look for alternative models, which would embrace this complexity. We do not question these approaches and their reliability toward measuring the innovation performance, but rather to focus on alternative operationalization and explanation. Thus, through the embedment of the Social Fields Theory in the context of innovation processes it would offer various possibilities of applying a more coherent operationalization toward the explaining innovation. This article will display a critical assessment of a number of studies and projects, which used this approach in order to explain the innovation, but also using different methodologies that incorporate innovation processes and the theory of Social Fields.

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“…Another study (Cepoi and Golob 2017) embedded the framework of strategic action fields in explaining innovations systems on the level of the EU 28. The authors used statistical data from Global Competitiveness Report, Innovation Union Scoreboard, and World Competitiveness Yearbook.…”

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A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory

Cepoi¹

2020

Research in Social Change

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“…The outcomes of this study emphasise that a convergence of social forces, including institutions, networks, and cognitive frames, is adequate to stimulate innovation. This finding demonstrates the consistency of results, affirming their relevance not only at the national level (Cepoi and Golob 2017) but also at the regional level (Rončević and Modic 2012).…”

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“…Rončević and Modic were able to empirically verify the influence of the social forces on social fields of technological innovations (Rončević and Modic 2011, 326). On later stages there are additional attempts towards the exploration of this particular topic but also considering the interplay of the social forces in order to explain the innovation processes (Cepoi and Rončević 2015;Cepoi and Golob 2016;2017;Modic and Rončević 2018). According to Fritsch and Slavtcev (2011), RIS is characterised by fundamental aspects such as knowledge, learning, absorption, utilisation, diffusion, and creation within the region.…”

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The Diaspora’s influence on Regional Innovation Performance – a new theoretical and empirical approach toward understanding it

Cepoi

2022

Social Change Review

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The occurrences of “brain-gain” and “brain-loss” are significant concerns for both the countries experiencing the departure of intellectual talent and those that ultimately receive such individuals. The phenomenon holds significance for stakeholders and their policy recommendations on social, economic and political areas. Moreover, there exists extensive literature elucidating the reasons behind certain nations encountering the phenomenon of “brain loss” while simultaneously observing the return of individuals to their homelands. Simultaneously, there is a limited amount of research conducted regarding the observation and comprehension of the activities in which the returning diaspora is involved post their return. Even more, there is less research done on the way the return diaspora is influencing regional innovation performance. To enhance comprehension, this article introduces a novel theoretical and empirical approach aimed at understanding the engagement of the returning diaspora in the innovation process and its impact on regional innovation performance. The novelty of this approach consists in the combination of classical theories on returning diaspora, Regional Innovation Performance and Social Fields Theory. As a result, the focus will be on the combination of the three social forces (institutions, networks, and cognitive frames) and returning diaspora. The evaluation of diaspora’s impact on regional innovation performance primarily hinges on the combination and comprehension of these two factors. However, this article serves as a theoretical proposal aimed at enhancing understanding of the phenomenon and establishing a model for systematic data collection. The empirical results could lead to policy recommendations for various stakeholders and bring improvements for helping and encouraging innovation activities in the region.

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“…Considering the literature related to innovation processes, either deals with case studies (community or regional level) or does not always consider all the aspects that trigger innovation [ 27 , 28 ]. As a result, it is of utmost importance to grasp other explanation models, especially for the cases in which the basic economic models do not function.…”

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Measuring the relevance and impact of innovation and social forces for Transnational Value Chain’s embeddedness in a region

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Pandiloska Jurak

2023

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This paper focuses on understanding and explaining TVC embeddedness with the theory of Regional Innovation Systems, Social Fields, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis, which allows us to show the sufficient and necessary conditions for TVC embeddedness in a region. A qualitative-comparative empirical study was conducted in 17 regions in the form of semi-structured, expert Focus Group Interviews. The participants were regional stakeholders, representatives of supportive regional institutions, businesses, and academia, accustomed to the regional innovation processes. The findings show that the strongest effect comes from the presence of the Support for Regional Innovativeness. The presence of Innovations and networks also have to be considered, meanwhile, when it comes to institutions, the results point out that the presence and absence of Institutional framework contribute to the Regional TVC Embeddedness. Lastly, we can also highlight the absence of Cognitive Frames, which are important for Regional TVC Embeddedness. The data presented in the paper does not separate the TIER levels. Different levels could influence the conditions for the embeddedness. Half-products that are closer to the end product tend to have higher added value and are more innovative. Based on a newly developed theory and model, which focuses on social field theory and innovation, the present paper aims to test them in real-life settings. This model explains how the social forces and innovation processes influence the company embeddedness by emphasising the necessary and sufficient conditions to have TVC embeddedness.

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Innovation Performance in the eu Comparative Perspective

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory

A meta-analysis and explanation of innovation processes through the outline of Social Fields Theory

The Diaspora’s influence on Regional Innovation Performance – a new theoretical and empirical approach toward understanding it

Measuring the relevance and impact of innovation and social forces for Transnational Value Chain’s embeddedness in a region

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