Business networks and the competitiveness of small manufacturing firms in Sweden's northern periphery

Dubois, Alexandre

doi:10.1080/00291951.2015.1040444

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“…Furthermore, firms located in such regions do not necessarily have more international ties (Rodríguez-Pose & Fitjar, 2013). Still, there is evidence that peripheral firms focus on formal collaboration to compensate for the lack of spontaneous regional knowledge exchange and local spill-overs (Dubois, 2015;Grillitsch & Nilsson, 2015;Jakobsen & Lorentzen, 2015). Consequently, the significance of high-level internal competence and extra-regional knowledge networks as well as global and virtual buzz is evident and is considered to be crucial for innovative activities in the periphery.…”

Section: Innovation Challenges In the Periphery And Compensation Stmentioning

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Innovation in the periphery: Compensation and exploitation strategies

Eder

Trippl

2019

Growth and Change

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Recent research has challenged the urban bias in economic geography and innovation studies, showing that highly innovative and competitive firms are also located in peripheral regions. So far, however, analyses has focused on how firms innovate despite their unfavourable location and little has been said about the innovation benefits of peripheral areas. Hence, this article identifies different compensation and exploitation strategies adopted by firms in order to overcome regional innovation constraints and to reap innovation benefits found in the periphery. Drawing on 20 in‐depth qualitative interviews with innovative firms situated in the Austrian periphery, our analysis reveals that innovation in peripheral regions is the outcome of a combination of compensation and exploitation practices. The uptake and composition of these strategies depend on the firm and regional characteristics, with firm size being the most influential factor.

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Section: Innovation Challenges In the Periphery And Compensation Stmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation in the periphery: Compensation and exploitation strategies

Eder

Trippl

2019

Growth and Change

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“…Both factors define the spatial distribution of an economy and work as limiting factors for economic development. Despite the institutional theories that have discussed the possibility of a genesis of innovation in peripheries on the basis of the structures improving territorial compatibility-industrial [32] and regional [33] clusters, value-added chains, and regional innovation systems [34]-empirical studies have shown that the basic conditions for exploring innovations are local and ubiquitous knowledge [35][36][37] as well as a concentration on those localized industries that have the potential to be lucratively developed.…”

Section: Factors Of Socioeconomic Development In Sptsmentioning

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Sustainable Development in Sparsely Populated Territories: Case of the Russian Arctic and Far East

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Extreme environmental conditions, sparsely distributed human populations, and diverse local economies characterize the Russian Arctic and Far East. There is an urgent need for multidisciplinary research into how the Arctic and Far East can be developed sustainably as global changes in the environment and the economic priorities of nations accelerate and globalized societies emerge. Yet, when it comes to sustainability indicators, little consideration has been given thus far to sparsely populated and remote territories. Rather, the majority of indicators have been developed and tested while using empirical research gathered from cities and densely populated rural localities. As a result, there is no scientific technique that can be used to monitor the development of sparsely populated territories and inform the decisions of policymakers who hope to account for local specificity. This article suggests a conceptual model for linking sustainability to the unique characteristics of the sparsely populated regions of the Arctic and Far East. We provide an empirical illustration that is based on regional-level data from the sparsely populated territories of the Russian Federation. We conclude by suggesting indicators that could be best suited to promoting balanced regional development that accounts for the environment, economy, and social needs of sparsely populated territories.

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“…However, Galloway et al (2011) have found that rural businesses do not use the Internet to expand their markets in geographical terms, but integrate the technology into their operations to support the functions and processes that consumers expect. Dubois (2015) concludes that small firms in rural areas tend to be able to establish distant connections, which may indicate that ICT is important for establishing and maintaining such networks.…”

Section: Ict Development In Rural Areasmentioning

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ICT development from the perspective of connectivity and inclusion – the operation of a local digital agenda in Sweden

Magnusson

Hermelin

2019

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

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The aim of the article is to determine what a local Digital Agenda (DA) implies for ICT development at the local level and how such a policy can be realised in practice. The topic is discussed in relation to the EU and Swedish Digital Agendas, which have motivated the definition of a local DA for the examined Swedish municipality of Linköping. An analytical model is used both to examine the balance of supply-side and demand-side policies of the local DA, and in an attempt to determine what a local DA implies for local ICT development. The empirical material shows that local policy focused on supply-side strategies towards households and businesses, while demand-side policy was present to a greater extent in the management of the municipality's own operations. The local authority has provided a major expansion in broadband infrastructure to rural areas of the municipality. This complies with mandates from local authorities to manage local infrastructure development and services to the local population. The authors conclude that the policy implications of the results suggest that although operations through the local DA are substantial, complementary measures to support increasing demands across households and businesses are important when dealing with challenges of uneven access and underutilisation of the large investments for ICT infrastructure.

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Business networks and the competitiveness of small manufacturing firms in Sweden's northern periphery

Cited by 20 publications

References 73 publications

Innovation in the periphery: Compensation and exploitation strategies

Innovation in the periphery: Compensation and exploitation strategies

Sustainable Development in Sparsely Populated Territories: Case of the Russian Arctic and Far East

ICT development from the perspective of connectivity and inclusion – the operation of a local digital agenda in Sweden

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