Regional innovation systems in Asian countries: a new way of exploiting the benefits of transnational corporations

Regional innovation systems: past – present – future

“…The value of a more dynamic application of the RIS approach has also been underlined for development countries (Asheim and Vang 2006;Chaminade and Vang 2008), which closely resonates with the current efforts of introducing a more dynamic perspective to the RIS literature as discussed in sub-chapter 5. In developing countries, RIS typically are characterised by a low level of capabilities of indigenous firms, labour, but also knowledge generating organisations such as universities and research organisations.…”

The role of regional sectoral specialisation on the geography of innovation networks: a comparison between firms located in regions in developed and emerging economies

“…The dependence of developing economies, in particular emerging economies, on global linkages and foreign technologies for sustaining indigenous innovation is clearly highlighted by other branches of literature in innovation and business studies (Bell, 2006;Fu et al, 2011;Hobday, 1995;Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002;Marin and Arza, 2009;Pietrobelli and Rabellotti, 2007). The evidence also shows that the dynamics of growth and development at the national and regional levels in emerging economies, in particular in East Asia, have often been well supported by firms' trans-local networks (Asheim and Vang, 2006;Fromhold-Eisebith, 2002;Ivarsson and Alvstam, 2005;Schiller, 2012;Wang and Tong, 2005).…”

“…With respect to other regional clusters in India, Bangalore indeed has a higher propensity to collaborate with regional actors, particularly with universities, consultants and R&D companies (Malik and Ilavarasan, 2011a;Parthasarathy and Rabganathan, 2011). The most important software firms and research initiatives related to the sector are also clustered in Bangalore, where the presence of professional institutions, universities and industry-university partnerships has further supported the local ICT technical and professional community (Asheim and Vang, 2006). In terms of research infrastructure, Bangalore is home to the Indian Institute of Science and the International Beijing is considered to be the scientific and technological heart of China and thus is the leading science and technology region in terms of both its research infrastructure and its innovation performance (Guan et al, 2009).…”

Understanding the Regional Innovation Capacity in China After Economic Reforms

“…Beside domestic interactions, the development of RIS is becoming more dependent on external linkages. Technological knowledge from advanced countries is an important connection for China (Asheim & Vang, 2006;Giuliani, Rabellotti, & Dijk, 2005). Hence, international interactions are covered in the analysis as well.…”

“…However, most NIS studies focusing on rapid economic development are based on the Asian Tigers or countries in South East Asia, and there is a need to study IS in the context of other development models (Asheim & Vang, 2006). Researchers have studied various aspects of China's NIS and RIS, for example, the transition process of science and technology system reform (Zhong & Yang, 2007), innovation index (Ji & Zhao, 2008), and the measurement of RIS performance (Wu, Zhou, & Liang, 2010).…”