The more interactions the better? The moderating effect of the interaction between local producers and users of knowledge on the relationship between R&D investment and regional innovation systems

Innovation Search Scope, Technological Complexity, and Environmental Turbulence: A N-K Simulation

“…We argue that the essence of environmental (both market and technology) turbulence's effect on the firm is that it makes firm's knowledge (including technology) evolve [46,48,49]. In other words, because of the environmental turbulence, the value of the same technology may increase or decrease with time.…”

Bibliometrics: The Case of Comparing an Ecosystem Using System and Network Approaches

“…The results emerging from the sub-dataset provide more details, since R&D is perceived as a measure of the efficiency of the innovation activities (Guan et al, 2016) and, consequently, as a key task for innovation managers (McKelvey, 2016). Another perspective related to R&D is the need to make knowledge significant for innovation and usable for the addressees (Jiao et al, 2016). Similarly, actors should combine their R&D networks to attain the expected advantages of activities performed in cooperation, as suggested in both the triple and quadruple helix models of innovation (Lee and Kim, 2016).…”

Innovation Ecosystems in Brazil: Research Universities as Drivers of Competitiveness

“…Regional Systems of Innovationor innovation ecosystems as they have been addressed more recentlyare characterized by innovative activities that rely on collaborative arrangements between firms and local institutions, involving universities, research institutes, technology transfer offices, sources of funding and others. Within this context, innovation culture and policy are fundamental drivers in setting the conditions for interactions to take place (Asheim & Isaksen, 2002;Cooke et al, 1997;Doloreux, 2002;Doloreux & Parto, 2005 3 (knowledge exploitation subsystem) and the knowledge (knowledge generation subsystem) structures are engaged in processes of interactive learning (Clarysse et al, 2014;Cooke, 2001;Jiao et al, 2016). Hence, innovation ecosystems/regional systems can be understood as dynamic systems, possessing an inherently social character and being composed by the interaction of its subsystems (Cooke, 2005;Uyarra, 2010).…”

“…Universities are agents that generate and diffuse knowledge, also promoting regional development through its connections with the socioeconomic environment (Jiao et al, 2016;Poods et al, 2010). Accordingly, these academic institutions lie at the heart of innovation ecosystems, feeding the local context with qualified labor, interacting with local businesses, generating patents (and licensing these patents) and new ventures, attracting investments from incumbents, and acquiring and disseminating external knowledge (Benneworth & Hospers, 2007;Bercovitz & Feldman, 2006;Fritsch & Schwirten, 2006;Galan-Muros & Davey, 2017;Harrison & Leitch, 2010;Youtie & Shapira, 2008).…”