The Learning Region: Foundations, State of the Art, Future

Rutten, Roel; Boekema, F.W.M.

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“…where the regional growth rate of firms is higher, the geographic proximity of the partners is lower. More dynamic regional environments generally exhibit higher levels of performance on accepted performance metrics such as growth, innovation, R&D and firm start-ups, which is usually ascribed to greater 'untraded interdependencies' between firms, facilitating interaction between actors within these regions (Storper 1997;Huggins 2003;Rutten & Boekema 2007). However, in the case of KIBS it appears that greater regional dynamism in terms of firm start-ups is associated with more global linkages, suggesting that these firms are seeking the most appropriate partner rather than the most convenient.…”

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The Spatio-Relational Nature of Urban Innovation Systems: Universities, Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms, and Collaborative Networks

Johnston¹,

Huggins²

2016

Journal of Urban Technology

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The need to better identify the spatio-relational nature of urban innovation systems and spaces is increasingly acknowledged. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to provide an enhanced understanding of the knowledge networks existing between urban Knowledge Intensive Business Services firms (KIBS) and universities, which are often key components of such systems and spaces. Drawing on an analysis of urban KIBS firms and universities in the UK, it is found that the nature of firms, the location in which they are based, and the research intensity of their university partners are important determinants of the spatiality and localisation of the networks they form. The results show that the smallest urban KIBS firms have the highest propensity to engage in local links with universities, suggesting that they rely most significantly on their own urban innovation system for collaborative network ties.

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The Spatio-Relational Nature of Urban Innovation Systems: Universities, Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms, and Collaborative Networks

Johnston¹,

Huggins²

2016

Journal of Urban Technology

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“…Only with a certain stock of social capital, allowing for cooperation and communication, may a region be able to socially "finance" technological learning. Social capital hence bears the potential for turning a region into, if you will, a "learning region" (Hudson, 1999;OECD, 2001;Rutten et al, 2006).…”

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Localized Learning and Social Capital

Lorenzen¹

2007

The Learning Region

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Abstract:Providing a concise working definition of social capital, this conceptual paper analyses why social capital is important for learning and economic development, why it has a regional dimension, and how it is created. It argues that with the rise of the Knowledge Economy, social capital is becoming valuable because it organizes markets, lowering business firms' costs of coordinating and allowing them to flexibly connect and reconnect. Thus, it serves as a social framework for localized learning in both breadth and depth. The paper suggests that a range of social phenomena such as altruism, trust, participation, and inclusion, are created when a matrix of various social relations is combined with particular normative and cognitive social institutions that facilitate cooperation and reciprocity. Such a matrix of social relations, plus facilitating institutions, is what the paper defines as "social capital". The paper further suggests that social capital is formed at the regional (rather than national or international) level, because it is at this level we find the densest matrices of social relations. The paper also offers a discussion of how regional policies may be suited for promoting social capital.

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“…Asheim, 1996, Rutten & Boekema, 2007, Storper, 1993. The triple helix thesis (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000) and the learning region frame the underlying government-industry-academia interactions in economic core areas (Rutten & Boekema, 2007). (Dargan & Shucksmith, 2008) and (Shucksmith, 2009), however, argue that since rural regions usually lack a high density of businesses and business networks, learning and innovation taking place in rural regions is not well incorporated into standard approaches defining and measuring learning and innovation.…”

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“…Leeuwis, 2004 ). An integrated, regional approach as offered by the triple helix thesis (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000) or the 'learning region' concept (Rutten & Boekema, 2007) is, however, still missing.…”

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“…Studies have thereby focussed on the public support for knowledge spill-over and provision of related human capital from academia to industry (e.g. Asheim, 1996, Rutten & Boekema, 2007, Storper, 1993. The triple helix thesis (Etzkowitz & Leydesdorff, 2000) and the learning region frame the underlying government-industry-academia interactions in economic core areas (Rutten & Boekema, 2007).…”

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An integrated perspective on rural regional learning

Wellbrock¹,

Roep²,

Wiskerke³

2012

European Countryside

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Abstract:Regional learning and innovation is a key to promote more resilient, robust and inclusive rural areas. Current analytical frameworks focus on support for knowledge spill-over from academia to industry and sector-oriented learning. The high diversity of actors and activities contributing to rural regional development is thereby not addressed. In this paper, existing frameworks are revised to offer an integrated perspective on the support for rural regional learning. The revised framework is used to identify, map and analyse supportive arrangements and their operational interfaces. It also offers an analytical perspective for beneficiaries to evaluate the support received. The DERREG case study area Westerkwartier is used to illustrate the use of the revised framework and its relevance for empirical research. The revised framework can be used to compare supportive arrangements for learning across different rural regions.Keywords: rural regional learning, place-based development, supportive policies, joint learning and innovation, public-private arrangements, capacity building, regional reflexivity Samenvatting: Het samen leren en innoveren, waarbij alle belanghebbenden zoveel mogelijk worden betrokken, is een belangrijke sleutel naar veerkrachtige en robuuste plattelandsgebieden. Dit wordt onderkend en ondersteund vanuit beleid op diverse niveaus. Dit artikel geeft een integraal perspectief op het ondersteunen van het samen leren en innoveren in gebieden en biedt een raamwerk om te onderzoeken hoe die ondersteuning het beste kan worden gearrangeeerd. De aandacht richt zich vooral op interfaces die ondersteunend beleid, praktijkinitiatieven vanuit gebieden en ondersteuning vanuit kennisinstellingen met elkaar verbinden. In DERREG is op basis van dit raamwerk onderzoek gedaan naar bestaande arrangementen en goed werkende interfaces in zes gebieden in zes landen. De potentie van een integraal perspectief op regionaal leren wordt geillusteerd met voorlopige bevindingen uit een van de gebieden, het Westerkwartier.Trefwoorden: regionaal leren, plaatsgebonden ontwikkeling, steun voor ontwikkeling, samen leren en innoveren, publiek-private arrangementen, capaciteitsopbouw, regionale reflexiviteit

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The Learning Region: Foundations, State of the Art, Future

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The Spatio-Relational Nature of Urban Innovation Systems: Universities, Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms, and Collaborative Networks

The Spatio-Relational Nature of Urban Innovation Systems: Universities, Knowledge Intensive Business Service Firms, and Collaborative Networks

Localized Learning and Social Capital

An integrated perspective on rural regional learning

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