The virtual is reality! On physical and virtual space in software firms’ knowledge formation

Aslesen, Heidi Wiig; Martin, Roman; Sardo, Stefania

doi:10.1080/08985626.2018.1552314

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“…Thus, the co-location of users and producers eases knowledge exchange, and, as a result, regional industrial change. However, as shown with the software example, physical proximity is not a necessary condition for interaction between users and producers, as co-development may well take place in the virtual space (Aslesen et al, 2018).…”

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The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development: A conceptual analysis

Martin

Zukauskaite

2019

Environ Plan A

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This paper contributes to the literature on new regional industrial path development by highlighting the multiple roles that demand can play in regional development. We develop a conceptual framework relating different roles of demand to different types of new path development. Based on the literature on regional development, we differentiate between the role of demand as anonymous consumer, sophisticated buyer, active co-developer, public procurer and norm and value setter. These roles influence different types of new path development, including path extension, path upgrading, path importation, path diversification and path creation. New path development can be triggered by changing norms and values in the society (e.g. environmental concerns and the growing demand for cleaner technologies), public procurement for innovation (governments demand new products or services and thereby steer economic development) or by users modifying existing products or developing novel solutions that are not yet on the market (e.g. user innovations). The various roles of demand, as well as its effect on new regional industrial path development, depend on the geographical context. We argue that taking a nuanced view towards demand will add a novel dimension to the debate on new path development in regions.

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Section: Conceptual Discussion: Relating Demand To New Regional Industrial Path Developmentmentioning

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The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development: A conceptual analysis

Martin

Zukauskaite

2019

Environ Plan A

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“…However, the role of potential supply gaps of broadband Internet must be considered here. Processual, dynamic analyses could elucidate the interaction of physical and virtual spaces in collaborative innovation activities (see Aslesen, Martin, & Sardo, 2019), applying concepts from social psychology could enrich research in this domain (Bathelt & Turi, 2011). Moreover, a mixed‐methods approach seems warranted.…”

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Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

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Sternberg

2020

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Digitization is an influential megatrend that is quickly and comprehensively transforming economic spaces worldwide. Its disruptive power has not yet been fully developed but, despite a lack of topical empirical or theoretical research, it nevertheless seems clear that it will significantly affect the economic order within and between economic spaces and places. Currently, digitization is high on the policy agenda in many countries. Several related programs and initiatives combine expansion and improvement of digital infrastructure with efforts to reduce spatial economic inequality and to facilitate a general catch‐up process for lagging (often rural) regions. However, the idea that digitization can reduce spatial inequality remains highly controversial. This study aims to focus on the economic geography implications of digitization and to enrich the existing literature in two ways. First, the study overviews the state of research on the spatial consequences of digitization. Deploying a comprehensive literature review, this section discusses the primary theoretical and empirical results from two contradictory narratives on the ability of digitization to reinforce the death of distance and thus reduce spatial inequality. Second, we develop a research agenda concerning select fields of research that could appropriately be addressed in the future by economic geographers. These fields include spatial economic digitization effects, digital competencies, entrepreneurial activities, and innovation activities in both urban and rural regions. Closing the research gaps would contribute to the development of much‐needed policy measures.

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“…at global conferences, fairs and exhibitions. Understanding the role of virtual spaces in the geography of knowledge sourcing is a promising future research avenue (Aslesen, Martin, and Sardo 2018;Grabher and Ibert 2014).…”

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When regional meets global: exploring the nature of global innovation networks in the video game industry in Southern Sweden

Chamináde

Martin

McKeever

2020

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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For firms in symbolic (creative) industries, the region is usually seen as the main arena for knowledge sourcing and exchange. Why and how these firms use global innovation networks remains however poorly understood. This paper draws on in-depth interviews with firm representatives and network data collected through a survey of video game developers in southern Sweden. Video game development is a typical example of a symbolic industry, encompassing the development of non-tangible and symbol-intensive products and services. In recent years, this industry has advanced from a niche sector into a global mass market. Understanding how the hybrid character of the industrywith strong symbolic cultural roots but also a significant global engagementaffects the geography of innovation networks is the focus of this paper. The analysis reveals that knowledge sourcing and exchange take place likewise on the regional and global scale, but for different purposes and through different mechanisms. It also shows that not all variance in network engagement can be explained by differences in industrial knowledge bases or regional innovation systems. In contrast, the target market and the nature and geography of demand are important explanatory factors.

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The virtual is reality! On physical and virtual space in software firms’ knowledge formation

Cited by 33 publications

References 97 publications

The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development: A conceptual analysis

The multiple roles of demand in new regional industrial path development: A conceptual analysis

Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda

When regional meets global: exploring the nature of global innovation networks in the video game industry in Southern Sweden

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