Local and Global Geographies of Innovation: Structures, Processes, and Geographical Contexts from a Firm Perspective

Rusten, Grete; Overå, Ragnhild

doi:10.1111/grow.12051

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“…In essence, this new stream of research has caused a conceptual shift from a research focus on innovative territories to a time-spatial analysis of innovative processes (see several recent special issues, e.g. in Growth and Change on “Geographies of Innovation and Production Systems” (Rusten and Overå, 2014), in Geoforum on “From Cluster to Process” (Ibert et al, 2015) and in Regional Studies on “From ‘TIMs’ to ‘Territorial Knowledge Dynamics’ (Jeannerat and Crevoisier, 2016)).…”

Section: The Conceptual Basis Of Open Regionmentioning

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Open Region: Creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation at the regional scale

Schmidt

Müller

Ibert

et al. 2017

European Urban and Regional Studies

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The starting point of the article is the observation of an increasing convergence of regional development and innovation policies. These policies are heavily influenced by territorial innovation models that have been extensively revised since they first came about over 30 years ago. Yet, more recent trends towards digitalisation and conceptual advances towards a time-spatial perspective on innovation processes require a more fundamental re-thinking of the nexus of development, innovation policies and territoriality. This paper therefore aims to advance an agenda for reconceptualising region-based innovation policies beyond the assumptions of territoriality implicit in territorial innovations models and related policy schemes. “Open Region” is a heuristic way of thinking about proactive policy measures for redesigning the dialectic interplay between territorial openness and closure. These measures, in essence, aim at creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation within a region by mobilising external expertise and establishing local anchors for innovation. Finally, we address the limitations of applicability and discuss incentives for regional actors to embark on Open Region strategies. The suggested measures can work together, yet it is also possible to utilise them in an eclectic manner or to selectively recombine them in order to address different local conditions.

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Section: The Conceptual Basis Of Open Regionmentioning

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Open Region: Creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation at the regional scale

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Müller

Ibert

et al. 2017

European Urban and Regional Studies

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“…In this way, it can be observed that the commitment of companies that have a high level of sense of belonging to their district results in a higher level of confidence in their relations with district agents. In this respect, several studies have underlined that the sense of belonging among the agents of a district facilitates understanding and mutual trust (Cotic-Svetina, Jaklic, & Prodan, 2008;Fazio & Lavecchia, 2013;Roskruge et al, 2012;Rusten & Overå, 2014). Thus, districts are a favorable context for the development of trust since the common identity typical of the sense of belonging offers the key confidence between agglomerated firms needed to attract new resources (Staber & Sautter, 2011).…”

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Sense of belonging to an industrial district and knowledge acquisition: The role of strong and trusting interorganizational relations

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This paper analyses the mediating role of interorganizational relations, specifically strength of ties and relational trust, in the relationship between the level of sense of belonging to the industrial district (ID) and firms' knowledge acquisition. Despite the significance of the sense of belonging in the field of IDs, there are hardly any studies that directly address the implications of this sense of belonging on key variables in the field of ID, such as knowledge acquisition. This is due to its subjective and complex nature, meaning it is difficult to measure (Molina-Morales & Vázquez, 2007). Furthermore, since IDs are configured as a network of interorganizational relationships (McEvily & Zaheer, 1999), and

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“…Tödtling and Trippl (2005) argue that innovation policy must be differentiated on the basis of the region type (central, peripheral, old industrial) it is targeting. Research experience from the Hordaland region (where Mongstad is located) and other regions in Norway also point to the need to better adjust policy instruments to industry type and to firms' structural composition and innovation capacity (Rusten and Overå, 2014). Finally, the RIS literature tends to focus on knowledge and technology intensive industries, whose inertia and path dependencies are primarily related to human resources, competence and market positions (Malerba, 2010).…”

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The challenges of greening energy: policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway

Haarstad

Rusten

2015

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Abstract. The interaction between policy making and industry is a key to understanding the conditions for 'greening' contemporary energy systems. This article uses efforts toward greening the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway as a case to analyse the challenges involved in politically stimulated shifts towards increased sustainability in the energy sector. A technology test centre and a full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Mongstad were the centrepiece of the Stoltenberg government's (2005-2013) climate strategy. However, the project suffered delays and cost overruns until the full-scale carbon capture and storage project was eventually stopped. It is argued that interactions between the policy-making and industrial innovation arenas involved in this case are challenging because they operate according to different internal logics. We conceptualize this divergence as 'policy/industry dissonance' and suggest that this concept is a useful complement to literatures on regional innovation systems (RIS) and the multilevel perspective on sustainability transitions (MLP). Keywords: energy, policy, innovation, carbon capture and storage, dissonance IntroductionInteractions between the public sector and the industry innovation arena provide a key to understanding the current conditions for 'greening' contemporary energy systems. As institutional perspectives recognize, the state is shaping the foundations for energy production and energy markets by governing resources; among other issues, this involves establishing legal frameworks, initiating infrastructure development and controlling land use (Martin and Sunley, 1997; Norberg-Bohm, 1999). Persistent and stable public policy regimes are critical to driving changes in energy production and consumption (Grubler, 2012). Given concerns over the environment, climate change and energy security, it is of significant public and commercial interest that industries shift towards greener forms of energy production and that industrial stakeholders take part in stimulating such a shift through prioritizing innovation and investment for that purpose (Head, 2011;Porter and Kramer, 2011).However, the transition to more sustainable energy systems presents significant challenges for policy makers and governments. For industry, the key driving force behind eco-innovations is generating business opportunities and reducing costs, and public sector institutions have a wide range of tools available to stimulate innovation and drive technological change. It is unclear which tools are appropriate and effective in different contexts. The broad question posed in this article is: how can we understand and conceptualize the constraints on policyefforts of greening large-scale energy production?Our contention is that interactions between the policy-making arena and industrial sector innovation is challenging because these arenas operate according to different logics, and that understanding this 'policy/industry dissonance' is important in explaining the failure of public sector instit...

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Local and Global Geographies of Innovation: Structures, Processes, and Geographical Contexts from a Firm Perspective

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Open Region: Creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation at the regional scale

Open Region: Creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation at the regional scale

Sense of belonging to an industrial district and knowledge acquisition: The role of strong and trusting interorganizational relations

The challenges of greening energy: policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway

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