The structure and evolution of inter-sectoral technological complementarity in R&amp;D in Germany from 1990 to 2011

Broekel, Tom; Brachert, Matthias

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“…Relatedness refers to the fact that two activities (technologies, industries, products, jobs) are not identical but share commonalities. Such commonalities may originate from two activities belonging to the same overarching technological or economic field, or they share complementarities and similarities (Broekel & Brachert, 2015; Nooteboom, 2000). There is ample evidence that relatedness of technologies conditions whether a technology will be invented or adopted by a firm, region or country.…”

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Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: The role of co‐location and complexity

Juhász

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Boschma

2021

Papers in Regional Science

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Relatedness has become a key concept for studying the diversification of firms, regions and countries. However, studies tend to treat relatedness as being time-invariant or, alternatively, consider its evolution as exogenously given. This study argues that relatedness is inherently dynamic and endogenous to technological and economic developments. Using patent data, we test the extent to which relatedness between technologies developed along co-location and differences in technological complexity in 1980-2010. Our results show that co-located technologies are more likely to become related over time. Moreover, our results suggest that co-location and complexity of technologies are conducive to the intensification of relatedness over time.

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“…share complementarities and similarities (Broekel & Brachert, 2015;Nooteboom, 2000). There is ample evidence that relatedness of technologies conditions whether a technology will be invented or adopted by a firm, region or country.…”

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Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: The role of co‐location and complexity

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Boschma

2021

Papers in Regional Science

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“…Several factors explain these regional diversification processes (Boschma, 2017), from skills mobility (Neffke and Henning, 2013) to institutional agency (Borras and Edler, 2014). Among them, the dynamics of inter and intra-industry collaborations plays a critical role (Broekel and Brachert, 2015), and then appears as an additional source of network failures. In regions in which several clusters are identified as such by policy makers, the bridging between them constitutes a source of path creation potentialities.…”

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The visible hand of cluster policy makers: An analysis of Aerospace Valley (2006-2015) using a place-based network methodology

Lucena-Piquero

Vicente

2019

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The paper focuses on cluster policies with particular attention to the role of R&D collaborative incentives in the structuring of knowledge networks in clusters. We disentangle the main network failures in regional innovation systems, and discuss the selection procedures designed by policy makers to enhance the production of innovation outputs. We draw evidence from the French Aerospace Valley cluster from 2006 to 2015. The empirical analysis relies on a dataset of 248 granted research consortia, from which we build 4-cohorts knowledge networks enable us evidencing the evolving structural properties of the cluster over time. We suggest avoiding the bias and limitations of 1 and 2-mode network analysis by developing an original placebased network methodology that emphasizes on structural equivalence and groups behaviors. We discuss the results focusing on the convergence degree between the network statistical findings and the policy makers' objectives. Finally, the methodology allows us identifying who are the agents of the structural and technological changes observed during the period.

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“…First, diversification dynamics have been mainly understood with reference to the concept of 'relatedness' and, in particular, the idea of a branching process triggered by a principle of 'similarity' among resources/capabilities requirement, more than 'complementarity' (Andreoni, 2014;Broekel and Brachert, 2015;Boschma, 2017). The similarity principle states that two (or more) activities are related if they require similar sets of resources and capabilities, such as skills and technologies.…”

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The architecture and dynamics of industrial ecosystems: diversification and innovative industrial renewal in Emilia Romagna

Andreoni

2018

Cambridge Journal of Economics

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The paper aims at advancing our understanding of the architecture and diversification dynamics of industrial ecosystems, and identifying policies for the innovative industrial renewal of mature economies. Industrial ecosystems are here defined as multi-tiered production systems involving heterogeneous agents operating in sectoral value chains and contributing to the capability domains of the ecosystem (and its participants) with closely complementary but dissimilar sets of resources and capabilities. The geographical boundaries of the industrial ecosystem are shaped by the evolving interdependencies linking organisations within the ecosystem and by the new linkages consolidating beyond that. Thus, the industrial ecosystem is a structured production space centred mainly on its productive organisations, as well as other institutions, intermediaries and demand-side actors, purposefully involved in co-value creation processes along various types of diversification and innovative industrial renewal trajectories. Drawing on a five-year research programme in the Emilia Romagna industrial ecosystem, a number of case studies are introduced to highlight these trajectories and the underpinning structural learning dynamics. The paper concludes by identifying a number of policy implications, focusing on strategies for enhancing the structural readiness of the industrial ecosystem and promoting smart diversification and innovative industrial renewal policies.

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The structure and evolution of inter-sectoral technological complementarity in R&D in Germany from 1990 to 2011

Cited by 19 publications

References 85 publications

Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: The role of co‐location and complexity

Explaining the dynamics of relatedness: The role of co‐location and complexity

The visible hand of cluster policy makers: An analysis of Aerospace Valley (2006-2015) using a place-based network methodology

The architecture and dynamics of industrial ecosystems: diversification and innovative industrial renewal in Emilia Romagna

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