Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology

Vale, Mário; Carvalho, Luís

doi:10.1080/00343404.2011.644237

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“…Indeed, for some of them, the main source of knowledge is the foreign university where they conducted their PhDs or post-doctoral activities. However, we also find a subset of firms whose knowledge networking behaviour is more similar to the Italian firms, being associated with the development of biotechnology cluster around a local university and hospital (Vale & Carvalho, 2013). Finally, it is relevant to point out that local scientific networks could also be a gateway to international networks.…”

Section: The Role Played By Local Research Organizationmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…However, a number of smaller, more or less specialized biotechnology agglomerations have emerged around the world. They often draw on the presence of local scientific competences in the form of prestigious research universities or research centres, and frequently benefit from national or regional policies Feldman & Schipper, 2007;Finegold et al, 2004;Gertler & Vinodrai, 2009;Luukkonen & Palmberg, 2007;Rosiello & Orsenigo, 2008;Vale & Carvalho, 2013). But given the globalized nature of the industry, firms in these locations also tend to have extensive links with the major biotechnology centres, which play a coordinating role, integrating dispersed knowledge and productive activity (Cooke, 2006;Zeller, 2010).…”

Section: The Position Of New Biotechnology Firms In the Industry Valumentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Similarly, the local environment may have limitations in what concerns access to critical non-technological assets, such as capital, market-related resources, specialized services and business intelligence. Thus, networks can be particularly important in the identification and access to scarce local resources, as well as in facilitating access to sources located elsewhere (Fontes, 2005;Trippl & Tödtling, 2007;Vale & Carvalho, 2013). In fact, research has shown that science-based firms in these more peripheral locations are frequently internationalized, relying on a variety of local, national and transnational relationships to gain access to knowledge and markets (Gertler & Levitte, 2005;Gilding, 2008).…”

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confidence: 97%

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This paper investigates the networking behaviour of biotechnology start-ups in peripheral locations. The aim is to understand whether the conditions found in this type of environment introduce some specificities in the networking process, namely in network building and early mobilization to access key resources. The paper compares biotechnology start-ups in Portugal and in Southern Italy, focusing on relationships with research organizations and on the relevance assumed by international connections, and investigating the role played by entrepreneurs' personal networks. The research identified some common features that diverge from the typical biotechnology start-up behaviour and can be regarded as firms' adaptive responses to the conditions faced. Notwithstanding the frequent presence of close connections with local research organizations-that often play functions that go much beyond that of a knowledge source-the local environment is a lesser determinant for a substantial proportion of firms than would be expected in start-ups. A distinctive feature of these firms is an extensive reliance on foreign sources, for different purposes and from the very early stages. Entrepreneurs' personal networks are found to be instrumental, both to identify and obtain knowledge in the vicinity and to support the establishment of more complex distant relationships.

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Section: The Position Of New Biotechnology Firms In the Industry Valumentioning

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“…Elements of this are also highlighted in the cases of the biotech start-ups in the regions of Wageningen (the Netherlands) (VISSERS and DANKBAAR, 2009), Bavaria (Germany) (KAISER et al, 2008;KAISER and LIECKE, 2009) and Centro (Portugal) (VALE et al, 2009;VALE and CARVALHO, 2012).…”

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Knowledge, Resources and Markets: What Economic System of Valuation?

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2015

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Knowledge, resources and markets: what economic system of valuation?, Regional Studies. Exploring in ever more detail learning processes at the root of economic change, main territorial innovation models (TIMs) remain focused on production today. Thus consumption is most often assessed as an abstract demand expressed by exogenous market mechanisms. In a socio-institutional approach, this article conceptualizes an economic system in which knowledge is a constructed resource valued in a market through the co-evolution of a production and a consumption system. From a meta-synthesis of various case studies, the paper draws four ideal types of economic systems and their related territorial knowledge dynamics (TKDs): knowledge marketization, knowledge improvement, knowledge adaptation and knowledge co-development. , pp. 274-288, 2016 which should be used for any reference to this work JEANNERAT H. y KEBIR L. Conocimientos, recursos y mercados: ¿qué sistema económico de valoración?, Regional Studies. Los principales modelos actuales de innovación territorial estudian cada vez más a fondo los procesos de aprendizaje en los cimientos del cambio económico y se concentran en la producción. De este modo, se evalúa con más frecuencia el consumo como una demanda abstracta exprimida por los mecanismos exógenos del mercado. Desde una perspectiva socio-institucional, en este artículo se conceptualiza un sistema económico donde el conocimiento es un recurso construido que se valora en el mercado a través de la coevolución de un sistema de producción y consumo. A partir de una metasíntesis de varios estudios de casos, se analizan cuatro tipos ideales de sistemas económicos y sus dinámicas territoriales de conocimiento relacionadas: la comercialización, la mejora, la adaptación y el codesarrollo del conocimiento.Published in Regional Studies 50, issue 2Modelos de innovación territorial Dinámicas territoriales de conocimiento Recursos Mercados Sistema económico de valoración EURODITE JEL classifications: R1, R5, R10, R58

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“…This research stream highlights, among others, the generative role of external knowledge sources (e.g. Isaksen and Trippl, 2016;Vale and Carvalho, 2013); the role of state policy interventions and activism (MacKinnon et al, 2009;Dawley et al, 2015); endogenous knowledge accumulation in universities (Vallance, 2016); and the 'bricolage' of institutional entrepreneurs to align multiple resources and codevelop favourable institutional conditions (Boschma et al, 2017;Sotarauta, 2016;Simmie, 2012).…”

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Biotech by bricolage? Agency, institutional relatedness and new path development in peripheral regions

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This paper develops a framework to understand new industrial path development in peripheral regions based on notions of 'bricolage' and 'institutional relatedness'. While the first stresses the agency of (heterogeneous) actors' resourcefulness and strategic improvisation co-shaping new industrial paths, the latter highlights the transposition of related institutional settings within regions to amplify (or to limit) the search space for new industries. These arguments are used in conjunction to explain the development of an unlikely biotechnology path in the Portuguese Centro region, analysed since its emergence and over a period of more than ten years.

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Knowledge Networks and Processes of Anchoring in Portuguese Biotechnology

Cited by 44 publications

References 35 publications

Networks Mobilized to Access Key Resources at Early Stages of Biotech Firms: A Comparative Analysis in Two Moderately Innovative Countries

Networks Mobilized to Access Key Resources at Early Stages of Biotech Firms: A Comparative Analysis in Two Moderately Innovative Countries

Knowledge, Resources and Markets: What Economic System of Valuation?

Biotech by bricolage? Agency, institutional relatedness and new path development in peripheral regions

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