Innovation in space: the mosaic of regional innovation patterns

Autor(en)
Arne Isaksen, Michaela Trippl
Abstrakt

This article casts light on the increasingly complex geography of innovation and knowledge sourcing activities. We argue that the spatial patterns of learning and knowledge exchange vary substantially across different types of regions and industries. The article elucidates such variations by combining three analytical approaches, namely, (i) modes of innovation (differentiating between science-technology-innovation (STI) and doing-using-interacting (DUI) modes), (ii) regional innovation systems (distinguishing between organizationally thick and diversified, thick and specialized, and thin systems), and (iii) types of knowledge linkages that connect actors during the innovation process. We explore in detail the key characteristics of the spatial architectures of innovation and knowledge flows in STI and DUI industries located in regional innovation systems with varying degrees of organizational thickness and specialization. We also discuss empirical examples documented in the extant literature to illustrate our arguments on how innovation and knowledge circulation unfold in space in various territorial and industrial contexts.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Agder
Journal
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Band
33
Seiten
122-140
Anzahl der Seiten
19
ISSN
0266-903X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grw035
Publikationsdatum
01-2017
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9f043968-68ff-48bb-8321-9d1b275ad66b