Social Networks and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry

Egeraat, Chris Van; Curran, Declan

doi:10.1080/09654313.2012.761746

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“…The relevance of the knowledge base conceptualization becomes even more evident when we consider the contrast with the biotechnology industry in Ireland (Van Egeraat & Curran, 2013;Van Egeraat et al, 2009). Innovation projects in the biotechnology sector differ substantially from the ones in the animation industry and have much in common with the analytical knowledge base as outlined by the proponents of the approach.…”

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Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry

Egeraat

Ó’Riain

Kerr

2013

European Planning Studies

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This paper assesses the relevance of the knowledge base conceptualization and the relationship between the symbolic knowledge base and the spatiality of knowledge flow in the context of the animation industry in Ireland. The paper draws on findings from a study of four innovation case studies. In broad terms, the findings provide further support for the applicability of the knowledge base approach and the association of the animation industry with the symbolic knowledge base. However, in relation to the spatiality of knowledge flows, the findings contradict the theoretically deduced postulations. Nearly all of the knowledge sources are located overseas. In addition, the study finds little support for the role of local buzz in knowledge flow. The local animation community "buzzes globally" at international events.

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Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry

Egeraat

Ó’Riain

Kerr

2013

European Planning Studies

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“…This combination of research methods was preferred over social network analysis which has recently grown in popularity. Apart from the fact that the required data is not available, social network analysis has serious limitations in relation to identifying actual knowledge spill‐over in spatial concentrations (Van Egeraat & Curran ).…”

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Spatial Concentration in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Spatial Planning and Agglomeration Economies

Egeraat

Curran

2013

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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This paper explores the idea that spatial planning-triggered satellite industrial platform-type concentrations may, over time, automatically gain the capacity to generate substantial agglomeration economies and ultimately transform into entities capable of stimulating self-perpetuating growth. Applying the lexicon of agglomeration theory, the idea is explored in the context of the spatial dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland. Spatial concentration indices indicate a particularly high level of spatial concentration in one of the industry's sub-sectors, namely, drug substance production. Based on interview data and secondary sources, a detailed investigation of the spatial dynamics of the Irish concentrations suggests that, while some agglomeration advantages have emerged, they remain relatively limited and have played only a minor role in shaping local industrial concentration. They are mainly of the urbanisation type, relating particularly to the pooled market for workers. The evidence serves to show that the kind of spatial planning-triggered satellite industrial platforms in late-developing economies do not automatically start generating substantial agglomeration economies and crucial technological spillovers, not even after, as in the case of the Cork pharmaceuticals concentration, nearly 40 years of existence.

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“…Previous research on Ireland by O'Connell, Van Egeraat, and Enright (1997), Clancy andTwomey (1997), andO'Gorman, O'Malley, andMooney (1997) investigated the quality of the Irish business environment, finding little evidence of Porterian-type clustering 3 amongst a set of indigenous Irish activities: Irish dairy processing, Irish popular music and Irish indigenous software activities. However, cluster-based studies in Ireland have not been limited to the Porterian framework with other research (Van Egeraat & Curran, 2013) drawing on early location theory (Weber, 1929) and on New Economic Geography (Krugman, 1991a(Krugman, , 1991b to consider the spatial concentration of industrial activities in Ireland. Despite the growing importance of service-based economic activities, they have received relatively little attention in general or in specific discussions of clusters of economic activity.…”

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Clustering in Ireland: development cycle considerations

O’Connor

Doyle

Brosnan

2017

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Interest in clusters and cluster-based policies in Ireland dates back to the Culliton Report (Culliton, 1992), which highlighted the importance of a competitive business environment to the development of enterprise and recommended the promotion of clusters focused 'on niches in national competitive advantage' (Doyle & Fanning, 2007, p. 268). The Culliton Report's policy recommendations were heavily informed by Porter's (1990) definition and measurement of clusters. 1 Clusters were described as 'geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field' (Porter, 1998, p. 78). Porter (1990) identified the potential of clusters within a framework of locational competitive advantage as providing mechanisms for improving national, regional and local productivity, innovation capacity and new business formation. 2 ABSTRACT Motivated by ongoing research into the cluster concept that considers dynamic features of economic development and the cluster life cycle, differences between traded clusters and local activity across different spatial scales are examined for ireland. using recent cluster definitions for europe, this paper presents clustering patterns within the irish economy from 2008 to 2012. We report on data requirements when applying the benchmark cluster definitions to irish data. integrating small, open economy features with life-cycle concerns, we focus on specific clusters in ireland, along with their export performance, noting that appropriate cluster boundaries are neither regional nor national. analyses indicate that while ireland hosts a number of internationally competitive clusters, foreign-owned firms remain substantially more productive than indigenous enterprises. We identify the geographical location of these prominent clusters at the nutS-3 regional level and highlight the role of regional features for differences in adaptive cycles of clusters. We identify a substantial portion (60%) of irish regional wage variation relates to the different cluster mixes across regions.

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Social Networks and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry

Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry

Spatial Concentration in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Spatial Planning and Agglomeration Economies

Clustering in Ireland: development cycle considerations

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