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Capabilities for Innovation in a Globalizing World: from Nearby or at a Distance?

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review

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Title Capabilities for Innovation in a Globalizing World: from Nearby or at a Distance?
 
Creator GJELSVIK, Martin; International Research Institute of
Stavanger IRISI
 
Subject Economics
Innovation; globalization; clusters; Norway
O31; O32; Q55
 
Description This  paper  addresses  the  question  of  how  clustering  affects  firms’ capabilities to innovate.This paper uses a specifically tailored survey carried out in 2013 of the geographical distance and scope of collaboration for innovation of 2002 firms located in the four largest Norwegian city-regions with the rest of the country as a separate category.We find that a majority of firms are located in regional clusters. However, the  number  of  international  relations  increases  the  capacity  to  innovate.  An international  business  environment  stimulates  the  capability  to  innovate  more  than being part of a regional cluster.Firms that successfully develop global pipelines to knowledge  sources  in  distant  locations  often  sidestep the  risk  of  lock-in,  associated with relying solely on local sources of information (Malecki, 2010; Fitjar & RodríguezPose, 2011).Our  findings  suggest  that  caution  should  be  exercised when  invoking  the  concept  of  regional  clusters  to  explain  or  define  regional competitiveness.  The  cluster  model  obviously  assigns too  much  importance  to  the regional  business  context,  and  to  local  interaction  and externalities.  These  findings suggest that policies to advance the capabilities to  innovate in Norwegian firms and regions may need to be revised.
 
Publisher Cracow University of Economics
 
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Date 2014-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Original research paper
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/40
10.15678/EBER.2014.020202
 
Source Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review; Vol 2, No 2 (2014): Globalisation of Economies and Industries; 7-20
2353-8821
2353-883X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/40/44
 
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