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- Dang, Rani J., 1981, et al.
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Cluster's innovation : the role of combinative capabilities
- 2012
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Ingår i: The Conference for Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines the mechanisms underlying territorial innovation dynamics, focusing specifically on the collaborative localised innovation projects they generate which has relevance for open innovation research. Most research on regional clusters focus on how clusters facilitate diffusion and exchange of knowledge. This paper rather focuses on how clusters facilitate the combination of knowledge among heterogeneous actors, which appears to be a critical point to foster successful local innovation collaborations. We apply a qualitative methodology (grounded theory) based on a case study research design to two high-tech clusters: one in the microelectronics sector and the other operating in the information and communication technology sector. We present a grounded emergent model explaining the mechanisms enhancing successful participation of clusters’ members into collaborative localised innovation projects. The main result of our study is the discovery of architectural knowledge at the cluster level as an important underlying mechanism affecting the territorial innovation dynamics. This study has implications on how scholars conceptualize territorial innovation by (1) enriching the concept of cluster-level architectural knowledge and (2) improving the understanding of the role of space on collaborative innovation processes.
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- Johansson, Magnus H.Å, 1981, et al.
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The legitimation process of new innovation ideas in established firms: deconstructing the black box of actions enhancing legitimacy
- 2012
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Ingår i: The Conference for Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a longitudinal real time case study over 14 months, we follow the process of radical innovation in an incumbent Swedish firm. Applying institutional theory and the concept of legitimacy, we try to shed new light on the firm process of developing and implementing radical ideas. We deconstruct the black box of individual actions undertaken in the process and trace the effect of these actions on the development and legitimacy for the radical idea. We find that when an idea lack top management support and the process of innovation are interrupted, lower level employees ́ action can have a defining impact of the survival. In the literature there is a perceived need for a consistent view on how to organize the bottom up processes of innovation within a firm. Emerging from the qualitative grounded analysis we thus formalize these actions undertaken in a radical innovation process.
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