A Systemic Approach to Innovation

Abstract

Aims and ScopeThis series is dedicated to reporting our recent research in spatial science in general and economic geography & geoinformatics in particular. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilizing theoretical frameworks, analytical methods and empirical procedures specifically designed for spatial analysis. The aim is to present the research at the Department to an informed readership in universities, research organizations and policy-making institutions throughout the world. The type of materials considered for publication in the series includes interim reports presenting work in progress and papers which have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Editor A Systemic Approach to Innovation 1 AbstractThe objective of this paper is to increase our ability to understand the systems of innovation approach as a flexible and useful conceptual framework for innovation analysis. It presents an effort to develop some missing links and to decrease the conceptual noise often present in the discussions on national innovation systems. The paper specifies elements and relations that seem to be essential to the conceptual core of the framework and argues that there is no a priori reason to emphasise the national over the subnational [regional] scale as an appropriate mode for analysis, irrespective of time and place. Localised input-output relations between the actors of the system, knowledge spillovers and their untraded interdependencies lie at the centre of the arguments.The paper is organised as follows. It introduces the reader, first, to some basic elements and concepts that are central to understanding the approach. The characteristics of the innovation process are examined: its nature, sources and some of the factors shaping its development. Particular emphasis is laid on the role of knowledge creation and dissemination based on the fundamental distinction between codified and tacit forms. These concepts recur throughout the paper and particularly in discussions on the nature and specifications of the systems approach. The paper concludes by summarising some of the major findings of the discussion and pointing to some directions for future research activities.

A regionális innovációs rendszerek elemei az Észak-Dunántúlon

“…Az innováció folyamatában nagyon sokféle szereplı vesz részt. Az innovációs rendszerek elsısorban azon szereplıket foglalják magukban, amelyek az új, gazdaságilag hasznosítható tudás generálása, hasznosítása és diffúziója érdekében lépnek interakcióra (Fischer 2002). Az innovációs rendszer azonban nemcsak az innováció megvalósulásához aktívan hozzájáruló szereplıkbıl áll, hanem mindazon aktorokból, akik az innovációs sikerekben közvetett módon érdekeltek (Hauschildt-Salomo 2007).…”