Multilevel policy governance and territorial adaptability: evidence from Japanese SME innovation programmes

Okamuro, Hiroyuki; Nishimura, Junichi; Kitagawa, Fumi

doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1500687

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“…In the Japanese context, growing roles are recognized for municipalities (i.e. cities and towns) rather than at the prefectural level (Okamuro et al., 2019). Large metropolitan cities and smaller towns and places need to collaborate more to create and build larger ecosystems and enhance cross/inter-sectoral collaboration.…”

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A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Kitagawa

Mason

2020

Local Economy

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Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the focus of government economic policies around the world for their potential to generate entrepreneur-led economic development. The paper identifies key research questions and challenges to building effective public policy: (i) the limitations of existing data sources, (ii) the need to balance findings from quantitative and qualitative studies, (iii) the danger that entrepreneurial ecosystems will be just a policy fad, (iv) the narrow focus of policy and research on high tech firms and scale-ups, and (v) the need to balance research approaches between simplified models and a complex systems approach. There is a need for a better understanding of the diversity of policy contexts (level of government, country context) and model of ecosystem governance. A more granulated understanding of ecosystem thinking is required, with greater consideration of the diversity of actors and the institutional context, with more attention given to the heterogeneous nature of places and complex interactions between actors and networks. Looking to the future, the potential of new data sources and methodologies is identified. Future research should give greater consideration to the institutional context to understand how policy can better support entrepreneurial activity and the extent to which specific policies can be replicated elsewhere.

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Section: Policy Diversitymentioning

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A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Kitagawa

Mason

2020

Local Economy

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“…Okamuro and Nishimura (2018b) found that, as of 2015, at least 131 cities among around 800 cities in Japan have already implemented their own R&D subsidy programs for local SMEs with different program designs according to different local needs and conditions. Okamuro et al (2019) discuss the multilevel governance of public R&D support in Japan with original survey data and some case studies, and they show some distinct differences in subsidy schemes between prefecture and city level programs.…”

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“…Not only the national government, but regional governments and local authorities, including state, prefecture, and city levels, are responsible for the development of local firms and innovation systems (Fernandez-Ribas 2009;Okamuro et al 2019). Nonetheless, there is not sufficient empirical evidence on the relationship between the central and local governments in the discussion of regional innovation systems.…”

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“…Multilevel governance or multilevel policy mix refers to the relationship between public policies from different levels of government (supranational, national, regional, and local) (Fernandez-Ribas 2009;Okamuro et al 2019). An OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) report addresses the multilevel governance of innovation policies at different administrative levels and refers to some different patterns of governance among member and non-member countries (OECD 2011).…”

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“…The overview of Japanese innovation policy in this subsection depends largely onKitagawa (2007),Okamuro and Nishimura (2018b) andOkamuro et al (2019).…”

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Effects of multilevel policy mix of public R&D subsidies: Empirical evidence from Japanese local SMEs

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Regional innovation policies have been implemented in several countries. In Japan, controlled decentralization of traditionally centralized innovation policy is ongoing, so that we can observe multilevel policy mix of public R&D (research and development) subsidies by national, prefecture, and city governments. However, empirical studies on multilevel R&D support using panel data and considering municipality level have been scarce. Based on original survey data and financial data of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), we estimate their total factor productivity (TFP) and empirically investigate the effects of public R&D subsidies by national, prefecture, and city governments. We employ firm-level fixed-effect panel estimation in order to control for the effects of any unobservable time-invariant factors. We find that multilevel subsidies (especially those involving city subsidies) complementarily and persistently increase recipients’ TFP. These results suggest significant advantages of multilevel policy mix, especially those involving city subsidies.

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The impact of corporate social responsibility on innovation in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The mediating role of debt terms and human capital

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2021

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The aim of this paper is to study the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) over small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) innovation and the effect of two mediating variables, debt terms and human capital. Based on a sample of 2825 Spanish SMEs and applying a structural equations modeling, the results demonstrate that the effect of CSR on innovation is mediated by debt terms and by good human resource practices. Part of the positive effect of CSR on innovation occurs through these two variables, which, alone, positively and significantly affect innovation in SMEs. Consequently, the positive effect of CSR practices on debt terms through a decrease in asymmetric information goes further, also having repercussions on innovation. Additionally, the suitable development of human resource practices based on strategies oriented toward CSR allow companies to carry out greater and more efficient innovative activities. This paper contributes to the CSR literature considering the human resource management and the debt access in the relationship between CSR and innovation. The findings reveal important implications for policy makers and managers. For the former, the results show that it would be interesting to carry out actions aimed at assisting SMEs, especially those with fewer resources available, to implement a suitable CSR strategy, supporting sustainable development in SMEs.And, for the latter, CSR-oriented innovation has proven to be a valuable strategy for more efficient SMEs management because of the multiple competitive advantages it generates.

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Multilevel policy governance and territorial adaptability: evidence from Japanese SME innovation programmes

Cited by 24 publications

References 35 publications

A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems

A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems

Effects of multilevel policy mix of public R&D subsidies: Empirical evidence from Japanese local SMEs

The impact of corporate social responsibility on innovation in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The mediating role of debt terms and human capital

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