Changing innovation process models: a chance to break out of path dependency for less developed regions

Pylak, Korneliusz

doi:10.1080/21681376.2014.979433

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“…However, even though less developed regions certainly face difficulties in changing their innovation process models and in breaking out their path dependence, economic scenarios are subject to substantial changes (Boschma, Martin 2007), and in the past the adoption of different paths was possible in some regions or countries and it will be possible for less developed ones in the future (Pylak 2015).…”

Section: Knowledge Innovation Network and Disparities: A Theoreticmentioning

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Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks? The case of Southern Italy

Calignano

Hassink

2016

REGION

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Abstract. Strengthening innovation capacity of European small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by means of their participation in the Sixth (FP6-SME) and Seventh (FP7-SME) Framework Programmes was an important objective of the European Union policies. Since SMEs form the backbone of the Italian economy, their strong presence in an international network such as the one fostered by the European Union represents a great opportunity, particularly for firms located in southern Italy -the marginal macro-area of the country in terms of innovation -to increase their competitiveness. Based on the major literature on topics such as knowledge exchange, innovation networks and disparities, and on descriptive statistics and a cluster analysis in a dynamic perspective, our study aimed to assess the actual intra-regional, extra-regional and transnational links established by the Italian SMEs and public research establishments (PREs). In the next step we assessed whether knowledge flows fostered by the FP6-SME and FP7-SME were mainly concentrated in the traditionally winning macro-regional areas (North and Center) or led to more widespread benefits in favor of SMEs located in the marginal South. The findings of our study revealed a very limited number of connections -with a related weak knowledge exchange -involving the southern regions, implying a reinforcement of innovation activities in the traditionally most dynamic industrial areas of the country.

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Section: Knowledge Innovation Network and Disparities: A Theoreticmentioning

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Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks? The case of Southern Italy

Calignano

Hassink

2016

REGION

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“…The literature highlights a variety of features, which -with reference to the pioneering publication by Arthur (1989) -are often considered through the prism of technology. Those mentioned include, natural resources, the presence of companies (both co-operators and competitors, but global firms are also very important (Andrews, Criscuolo and Gal 2015)), and institutionsthose from the business environment, as well as public institutions (Pylak 2015).…”

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“…Those mentioned include, natural resources, the presence of companies (both co-operators and competitors, but global firms are also very important (Andrews, Criscuolo and Gal 2015)), and institutions -those from the business environment, as well as public institutions (Pylak 2015). Referring to the Quadruple Helix concept involving business, science, administration and regional communities (Leydesdorff 2012), the importance of the quality of the institutions active in the region (Putnam 1993) should be underlined as well as their proactive attitude towards addressing regional problems such as public-private partnerships (Asheim, Moodysson and Tödtling 2011).…”

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Staying on the old development path, but ‘smartly’ – a case study of Warmia and Masuria

Dziemianowicz

2017

Miscellanea Geographica

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Between 1989 and 2014, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (one of the poorest regions in the European Union) was subjected to a number of external stimuli. However, not only has its position in the ranking of provinces failed to improve -it has actually worsened. Despite this, positive adaptive changes have occurred in the region, although they are limited in scope. The attitude of peripheral regions towards external stimuli can be quite reactive, as seen in the case of Warmia and Masuria. It can be assumed that the province's smart specialisations (water economics, high-quality food, and wood and furniture) will contribute to further quality in the economic structure of the region, but it will not necessarily improve its position in relation to other regions in Poland.

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“…To test the hypothesis concerning the impact of innovation factors on regions' developmental leaps, we conducted a logit regression for 60% of the regions that had an average GDP per capita in 1994-2000 because Pylak (2015) observed that changes in innovation models happen primarily in average regions. In accordance with Greene (2003), we used logit regression with a binary explained variable where '1' indicated that a region increased its position in the ranking of EU regions from 1994 to 2014 by at least 10 places and '0' indicated a change of fewer than 10 positions or a decrease in position.…”

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“…Historical issues such as technological, institutional and social legacies and major positive and negative events that occurred within the region in the past have also become crucial, not only in understanding the endogenous potential of a region and its role in development (Garretsen & Martin 2010), but also in finding out how much a region is locked-into the existing development path (Boschma 2007). In particular, gaining an insight into path dependency has become crucial to understanding why less-developed regions are not growing faster than other, more-developed regions, as only a few have broken out of their paths (Pylak 2015). Theoretically, less-developed regions may still increase their level of innovation (Cooke 2007) and break out of path dependency through shocks and/or evolutionary processes driven by exogenous forces (Boschma 2015), leading to changes in their economic structures and innovation systems.…”

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Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?

Pylak

Wojnicka‐Sycz

2017

Miscellanea Geographica

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The aim of the paper is to verify whether a change in innovation model by less-developed regions may speed up development processes and if innovativeness plays crucial role in these processes. Cluster analysis conducted for the years 1994-2014 showed that the majority of lessdeveloped regions in 1994-2000 that experienced significant growth by 2011-2014 changed their innovation models. Logit regression confirmed that innovation factors play a crucial role in high growth rates. The findings suggest that less-developed regions can break out of path dependency by increasing their shares of high-tech industries and employment in science and technology and boosting technology transfer, which usually involves changing and improving their innovation models.

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Changing innovation process models: a chance to break out of path dependency for less developed regions

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks? The case of Southern Italy

Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks? The case of Southern Italy

Staying on the old development path, but ‘smartly’ – a case study of Warmia and Masuria

Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?

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