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- Doloreux, David, et al.
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KIBS as knowledge sources for innovation in rural regions
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Rural Studies. - : Elsevier. - 0743-0167 .- 1873-1392. ; 99, s. 53-61
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article contributes to the debate on the interaction between rural firms and KIBS, developing a theoretically grounded set of arguments to understand what types of rural firm value KIBS's contributions to their innovation strategies. Using a dataset of 174 rural and small-town firms in the province of Quebec, our results show that KIBS are a valued innovation source for two groups of rural firms: firms that implement external STI learning modes, and firms that are slow innovators (relying on more technical, slow-decay, knowledge as opposed to short-term market information). Furthermore, it is firms in the remotest rural areas that most value the contribution of KIBS to innovation. Our findings suggest that in rural areas, KIBS are most valued by firms that face more (geographic) hurdles to access them, and by firms which target their KIBS interactions in strategic ways and which rely on more technical knowledge.
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- Fil Kristensen, Iryna, 1984-, et al.
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Comparing innovation strategies : Canada's Ocean Supercluster and Europe's Smart Specialisation initiatives
- 2023
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Ingår i: Canadian public administration. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0008-4840 .- 1754-7121. ; 66:3, s. 285-302
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Global Innovation Clusters' Initiative (GIC) is an innovation program launched in Canada. This article aims to describe the policy, in particular its key similarities and differences with the Europe's Smart Specialisation (S3) policy initiative, and critically explore the logic behind its inception. The article reveals that although policy implementation practices are bespoke and context-specific, the need to increase coordination between different levels and sectors of policy making is acknowledged to be important for achieving both innovation and local economic development objectives.
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- Kristensen, Iryna Fil, et al.
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Opportunities and challenges in implementing Smart Specialisation in Nordic ‘strong innovator’ regions
- 2023
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Ingår i: Regional Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 57:1, s. 129-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we consider the experience of implementing the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) in three regions in Finland, Norway and Denmark. We highlight the challenges each of these ‘strong innovator’ regions has faced in implementing S3. We elucidate the fact that each region faced different challenges when implementing S3. We extend a discussion around place-based policy, which is designed in a regionally bespoke and bottom-up manner, suggesting that this will inherently throw up unique and variable place-based challenges, questioning how to balance this uniqueness of problems with a universally applicable approach and support infrastructure.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, et al.
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Innovation in the periphery : refresh!
- 2023
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Ingår i: Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography. - : Routledge. - 0435-3684 .- 1468-0467.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This short paper serves as an introduction to the special issue published in Geografiska Annaler B on the topic of innovation in the periphery. In addition to summarizing the main contributions included within the special issue, this piece reflects on the current state of knowledge in this sub-field and where the gaps are that need to be filled by research going forwards. This collection represents one step in this direction and pushes forward an interdisciplinary and varied approach to studying innovation in the periphery. There are three particular themes relating to innovation in the periphery that this piece picks up: defining peripheries, beyond technological innovation in the periphery and discourses of crisis in the periphery. It finishes with some suggestions for a roadmap, looking forward as to what the future of research in the periphery might be.
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- Shearmur, Richard, et al.
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Canada's Ocean Supercluster initiative : A national policy in regional clothing?
- 2023
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Ingår i: The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien. - : Blackwell Publishing. - 0008-3658 .- 1541-0064. ; 67:4, s. 484-498
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since the late 1980s, there has been no explicit regional policy in Canada. Indirectly, though, equalization payments, industrial policies, as well as regional agencies encouraging the adoption of federal industrial and innovation policies, impact regional economies. In 2017, the federal government appeared to alter its approach: the Supercluster initiative was announced, drawing upon the idea that localized networks of interrelated firms can generate innovation and local development. In this paper, we discuss the mechanisms through which spatially focused industrial innovation policy can lead to regional development. We then focus on Canada's Ocean Supercluster initiative. The question we address is as follows: to what extent can this initiative (and, more widely, Canada's Supercluster policy) be understood as a regional development strategy driven by a coherent rationale for regional intervention? Apart from the fact that each Supercluster focuses on a pre-existing core of firms located within a region, there is little evidence that the Supercluster initiative has regional development objectives or impacts.
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