A Differentiation Framework for Maritime Clusters: Comparisons across Europe

Monteiro, Pedro; Noronha, Teresa de; Neto, Paulo

doi:10.3390/su5094076

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“…Value creation and OI can be oriented towards the creation of a new product designed and built with high sustainability criteria. The practical implications are represented in the opportunity for companies to co-create value by co-operating in networks and managing sustainable innovative projects [20].…”

Section: Sustainability and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Linkage between Sustainability and Innovation Performance in IT Hardware Sector

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This work investigates the relationship between sustainability and innovation performance. Despite the relevance of the issue, few contributions deepen such a relationship after both a conceptual and a quantitative perspective. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to suggest a measure of sustainability for innovation processes and to define which innovation strategies can lead to more sustainable processes. The role of ambidexterity within the corporate sustainability framework is underlined: Ambidextrous organizations are able to improve the innovation performance and better use their resources, improving the sustainability of research and development (R&D) processes. By employing patent data and testing the framework on a sample of worldwide top R&D spending companies in the IT hardware industry, this work suggests which optimal value of ambidexterity will lead to more sustainable innovation. In addition, R&D processes with non-optimal levels of ambidexterity can be managed in a better way. Indeed, results show the usefulness of open innovation adoption to improve the performance of exploration processes. Moreover, R&D activities based on a preponderance of exploitation strategies are more sustainable if they fall into technological domains in which the focal company is highly specialized. The work also contributes to the conceptualization of sustainability and to definition of patent-based metrics related to sustainability.

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Section: Sustainability and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Infrastructure Knowledge infrastructure irrespective of economic trends [1,14,29,40] Complexity of knowledge development [1,12,51,61] S4. Interaction Limited (cross-)sectoral interaction [3,8,11,14,40,62,63] 4.4.…”

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“…The final systemic challenge is related to interaction. Studies have focused on the willingness and the types of interaction present within the maritime sector to evaluate knowledge exchange [3,8,11,14,40,62,63]. This active focus on knowledge exchange is embedded within maritime academia via conferences and research papers.…”

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“…Intellectual property leakage in projects [40] has affected the trust required for interaction. Besides, as a result of competition, interaction is more difficult for industry applied knowledge [14,63]. This creates challenges between shipping companies and the rest of the shipping industry [8].…”

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A Literature Evaluation of Systemic Challenges Affecting the European Maritime Energy Transition

2021

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Energy transition is affecting the European maritime sector at an increasing rate. New technologies and regulations are being introduced with increasing speed. The ability to adapt to these changes is crucial for the economic success of the maritime sector. However, the sector is challenged by inertia due to its global nature and long-life assets (e.g., vessels). These developments result in a globally projected greenhouse gas emission growth rather than a reduction towards 2050. The sector can be considered essential to economic prosperity, but its innovation system should align with global sustainability trends. This article aims to structure and evaluate the maritime sector’s systemic challenges by conducting an extensive systematic review of (sustainable) maritime innovation literature. These findings are structured and discussed via four key activities that support the transition process: developing strategy and policy, creating legitimacy, mobilizing resources, and developing and disseminating knowledge.

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“…Maritime transport is based on two pylons: maritime shipping and port activities; its performances depend on sustainability-which is achieved throughout overcoming barriers to innovation [5]. It is expected that a maritime cluster will be a mean to achieve a better articulation and will strengthen the usage of synergies, while it will facilitate the construction of a sustainable and integrated perspective of the sea, of its resources and wide range of related activities (see figure 2) [6], [7].…”

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The strong connection between marine engineering and marine environmental education within a marine cluster

Sundri

Memet

2020

E3S Web Conf.

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Marine Environmental Education (MEE) is a vital activity, since the marine environment is impacted by industrial and technologies involved in this sector. MEE is in strong connection with marine engineering. The players from this industry have to comply with environmental protection protocols and conventions. A marine cluster is a good way of approaching issues specific to the exploitation of resources of the sea. In the present, a particularity of marine pollution is that in enclosed seas (such as Black Sea is) and on coastal areas, the pollution is higher than in the open ocean. In order to fight with this reality, it is also vital to increase the public environmental awareness throughout specific education, not only to train specialists in this respect. This paper is providing the pylons on which MEE relies. From this paper will succeed how the objectives of MEE (awareness, knowledge, attitude, skills, participation) and its specific actions (environmental education and training, involvement, bringing people together) are supported by a marine cluster. The most important result of this study can be stated as: processes developed within MEE will enforce the involvement of specialists in solving marine pollution issues and will rise the environmental consciousness of communities, in a framework provided by a cluster oriented towards MEE.

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A Differentiation Framework for Maritime Clusters: Comparisons across Europe

Cited by 35 publications

References 21 publications

The Linkage between Sustainability and Innovation Performance in IT Hardware Sector

The Linkage between Sustainability and Innovation Performance in IT Hardware Sector

A Literature Evaluation of Systemic Challenges Affecting the European Maritime Energy Transition

The strong connection between marine engineering and marine environmental education within a marine cluster

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