Dynamics of knowledge diffusion: the ICT sector in Lombardy

This paper examines the software industry in the Slovakian Košice region and explains the knowledge creation and acquisition processes in the area. On the basis of the conceptual framework of territorial pattern of innovation, the paper shows that the creation and acquisition of knowledge external to the region plays an important role in different stages of sector and regional development and innovation performance. The software industry is, at present, one of the most dynamic industries in the Slovak economy as the progressive growth of both the number of firms and employment attest. In particular, the development of the software sector in Košice is interconnected with the establishment of a steel company, which had an important influence on the industrial structure of the region, as well as on the its technology profile. Currently, Košice presents a successful case in Slovakia in terms of the localization of the innovative software industry, where knowledge acquired via linkages with other regions shaped the innovation pattern of the region. Namely, whereas process innovation is mostly developed outside the region, product innovation is locally developed and linked to specific ICT product niches.

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“…This result is in line with what found in the Lombardy case study, discussed in this special issue in Caragliu ().…”

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Knowledge creation and knowledge acquisition in the software industry in Slovakia: the case study of Košice region

Pástor

Šipikal

Rehák

2013

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…Analogously, two case studies carried out on the same (i.e., the ICTs') industry in two different regions (Lombardy, Italy and Košice, Slovakia; see Caragliu and Pástor et al. ) allow us to capture different dynamics.…”

Section: Upgrading and Downgrading Dynamics In Territorial Patterns Omentioning

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“…Analogously, two case studies carried out on the same (i.e., the ICTs') industry in two different regions (Lombardy, Italy and Košice, Slovakia; see Caragliu 2013 andPástor et al 2013) allow us to capture different dynamics. While, despite a remarkable process of restructuring of the industry following the end of the Communist era, the ICT industry in Košice can be mostly portrayed as an imitative innovation pattern, the same industry in Lombardy presents radical elements of pattern shift, although from an endogenous, to a creative application pattern of innovation.…”

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Structural elements and dynamics in territorial patterns of innovation: A perspective through European case studies

Caragliu

Lenzi

2013

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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This paper sets out the conceptual approach that orients all the empirical works selected for this special issue, namely, the notion of territorial patterns of innovation. Recently proposed as a more appropriate conceptual framework in which to understand spatial innovation patterns, territorial patterns of innovation are defined as the combination of territorial specificities (context conditions) and the different modes of performing the different phases of the\ud innovation process. Importantly, the paper reinforces this framework in two directions by discussing some common findings emerging from the set of case studies presented in this issue.\ud First, the analysis of the same sector in different regions of three EU 27 countries shows that territorial elements have a more fundamental effect on the emergence of specific patterns of\ud innovation with respect to sector characteristics. Second, regions can engage into upgrading as well as downgrading trajectories in their knowledge and innovation acquisition and creation\ud processes, witnessing the adaptability and usefulness of the territorial patterns of innovation framework to read regional innovation dynamics

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“…Šipikal et al (2003) examined the software industry in the Slovak Kosice region and explained the knowledge creation and acquisition processes in this area. ICT sector is researched in terms of the development of the ICT sector in relation to the knowledge-based economy as well (Caragliu, 2013;Šipikal et al, 2013). In the context of the knowledge-based economy, the authors' interests focus on the causes for localization of the ICT firms and on the issue of the regional disparities (Mantegazza et al, 2005;Hudec and Šebová, 2011;Rehak et al, 2013).…”

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Toward of the spatiality of the ICT sector: Case study from the Slovak Republic

Tengler

2016

BEH

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Rapid diffusion of ICT has produced significant changes in the way and place for the production of goods and provides services. This implies that ICT had an impact on the industrial structure and geographical location of regions. The ICT industry in the Slovak Republic has been one of few industries in which the employment has continuously grown and this sector has the lowest unemployment rate of all sectors of the economy and permanently grows. All these findings have caused the author to measure the concentration of ICT sector in the Slovak Republic at the regional level. The aim of this paper is to map the regional disparities in the ICT sector in the Slovak republic. The analyses developed for this manuscript are based on two main methodologies: regional and cluster analyses. The existence of disparities between regions is indisputable. All the characteristics and calculations confirmed large disparities in the ICT sector in individual regions. As finding showed, the ICT sector is the driving force of the Slovak economy and economic development. The results call for greater attention to regional disparities in ICT sector in the Slovak Republic.

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Dynamics of knowledge diffusion: the ICT sector in Lombardy

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Knowledge creation and knowledge acquisition in the software industry in Slovakia: the case study of Košice region

Knowledge creation and knowledge acquisition in the software industry in Slovakia: the case study of Košice region

Structural elements and dynamics in territorial patterns of innovation: A perspective through European case studies

Toward of the spatiality of the ICT sector: Case study from the Slovak Republic

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