Innovation systems as regional policy frameworks: the case of Lisbon and Tagus Valley

Laranja, Manuel

doi:10.3152/147154304781779921

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“…In overall dynamics, TU02 emerges as very dynamic (partly as an effect of low base value) and due to this should be included in a group of followers. Summing up, in terms of sales of know-how and IPR, Polish Baron (2014), Belussi et al (2010) and Laranja (2004) state technical universities fall into three groups: three leaders, three followers and the low-end. These findings were consequently cross-checked with inputs from the qualitative study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The qualitative scrutiny concerning universities' approach and experiences related to facilitating of and participating in open innovation ecosystem approach was structured by adapting the proposition used by Baron (2014), earlier inspired by Belussi et al (2010) and Laranja (2004), to assess open innovation cooperation strategies in regional innovation systems. Similar functional decompositions have been lately used by Pinto et al (2015) and Fernández-Esquinas et al (2016) in their studies into universityindustry linkages.…”

Section: Research Design and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Open Innovation Capacity of the Polish Universities

Baron

2017

J Knowl Econ

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Following the patterns of open innovation should be one of the key elements of knowledge management systems in universities. Universities sharing or selling their intellectual property become natural partners, allies or suppliers in securing innovation in companies. The paper adds to the state of the art research by presenting data on Polish technical universities and by offering discussion over their open innovation capacity. The study covers two key aspects: (1) universities delivering solutions as partners/suppliers in outsidein innovation processes of companies and (2) universities as facilitators of open innovation ecosystems or key players in the ecosystems. The author seeks to answer the research question whether actions undertaken by universities to boost their presence in open innovation ecosystems affect the dynamics of the commercial use of their intellectual property. A method of structured selfassessment concerning open innovation capacity is proposed and applied. Results are cross-checked by accessing financial data concerning research and development contracts. In terms of the sale of intellectual property, Polish technical universities break down into three groups: three leaders, three followers and the low-end. The self-assessment inevitably raises a question whether open innovation is a real business model for universities or is it just a way to seek out opportunities? Open innovation capacity of the Polish technical universities is only potentially high. Even though they set up relevant supporting instruments, they hardly use them for real open innovation transactions.

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confidence: 99%

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Open Innovation Capacity of the Polish Universities

Baron

2017

J Knowl Econ

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“…In addition, enterprises tend to cooperate more with other enterprises than with intermediaries (e.g. Lambooy, 2007;Laranja, 2004;Tödtling & Kaufmann, 2002). In our case, these include local technology agencies and other public organization support functions, e.g.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Innovation system frameworks commonly recognize the importance of cooperation and interlinkages together with the conditions of organizational culture, social capital, trust and interactive learning between actors (Asheim, 2001;Asheim & Gertler, 2005;Asheim & Isaksen, 2002). Due to our focus on enterprises, and their responses concerning intermediaries, the social aspects of innovation systems are recognized but left on the background (also Laranja, 2004). Geography cannot be ignored in regional economic development analyses.…”

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Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland

Inkinen

Suorsa

2010

European Planning Studies

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Intermediaries play an important role in national as well as in regional innovation systems, especially in innovation policy. In linking organizations within an innovation system, intermediaries are focusing on technology transfer, commercialization of ideas and funding. This research focuses on the role of intermediaries in high-technology product development in northern Finland. Based on a survey of 168 high-technology enterprises, funding services are regarded as the most important activity of intermediaries. Our results show that finance matters: a key actor within the Finnish innovation system in terms of direct funding and indirect collaborative resourcing, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), is considered the most important public sector organization in private sector product development. The survey also reveals that growth-driven companies with emphases on product innovation and high levels of investment in research and development for increasing their annual turnover benefit the most from intermediaries.

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“…The concept of RIS in a study by Cooke (1992) resembles its national counterpart, national innovation systems (NISs), a concept developed by Freeman (1987) and other scholars, including Lundvall (1992), Nelson (1993) and Edquist (1997). However, the common ground behind these approaches led to difficulties and imprecision in defining the boundaries between the scales of innovation systems, and in how to delineate and apply RISs (Laranja 2004). Further, innovation systems can be viewed from either sectoral (Malerba 2002) or technological (Carlsson 1994) perspectives.…”

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Spatial scaling of regional strategic programmes in Finland: A qualitative study of clusters and innovation systems

Makkonen¹,

Inkinen²

2014

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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Innovation systems and clusters are perhaps the most widely used concepts found in recent literature in economic geography focusing on innovative industrial production and locational agglomeration. Both concepts have been universally embraced from the early 1990s onwards. However, recent literature has expressed criticism of their use as tools for policy-making. We studied innovation and cluster rhetoric in a geographical context by using empirical evidence obtained from the policy documents of the Finnish regional councils. We used a theoretical conception of spatial scaling as a geographical framework. Spatial scales proved to be a black box for regional strategies in Finland. Regional strategic programmes use a similar language that ignores the spatial variations of their locations. Clusters and regional innovation systems should be considered as parts of vertical and horizontal interlinkages within the economy and not as individual islands of organizational proximities in isolated contexts. It is argued here that an imprecise understanding of the innovation systems and cluster approaches, both conceptually and practically, has led to some ambiguity, resulting in the use of these terms as buzzwords. This misuse hampers the ability of administrations to execute regional development in their respective areas.

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Innovation systems as regional policy frameworks: the case of Lisbon and Tagus Valley

Cited by 13 publications

References 5 publications

Open Innovation Capacity of the Polish Universities

Open Innovation Capacity of the Polish Universities

Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: High-Technology Enterprise Survey from Northern Finland

Spatial scaling of regional strategic programmes in Finland: A qualitative study of clusters and innovation systems

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