Networks for Process Innovation by Firms: Conjectures from Observations in Three Countries

Fischer, Manfréd M.; Johansson, Börje

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-78898-7_16

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“…This is a determinant factor in the adoption of innovation and is a classical factor in the diffusion process even if here the subject of the study is a non-physical phenomenon: the registration of a firm on a yellow page website. These results in the Indian context confirm those shown in various studies: firms located in densely populated area are more likely to adopt information and communication technologies (Karlsson 1995;Fischer and Johansson 1994;Blaas and Nijkamp 1994;Funck and Kolawski 1990). This is also a (supplementary) illustration of the geospatial digital divide described by Galliano and Roux (2003) for French rural firms.…”

Section: Cities Populationsupporting

confidence: 92%

Diffusion of the use of Internet

Didelon

2007

GeoJournal

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The diffusion of information and telecommunication technologies in developing countries is often considered as a way to reach development and to be integrated within the global market. The distribution of telecommunication infrastructures like Internet connexion shows strong spatial disparities in India strongly similar to the spatial organization of other indicators related to development. However, more than the infrastructures themselves, the diffusion of their use have to be studied. Through the example of silk export firms' inscription on a directory website, the diffusion and the spatial organisation of the use of the Internet will be described and explained thanks to a logistics model.

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Section: Cities Populationsupporting

confidence: 92%

Diffusion of the use of Internet

Didelon

2007

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“…For one thing, the individual firm may be innovative and develop new products over time, and thereby initiate new product cycles in a sequence. At the same time, the firm may relocate the production and supply of its products as they become more mature and less dependent on the creative milieu in which they emerged (Fischer & Johansson, 1994).…”

Section: Spatial Product Cyclesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional development and knowledge

Johansson¹,

Karlsson²

2019

Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories

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This paper focuses on the concept of knowledge and examines models depicting and explaining the role of knowledge in regional development and provides an assessment of empirical studies of how knowledge affects growth and development in functional regions. For this paper it is crucial to understand those factors that make knowledge spatially sticky and knowledge-production capacity trapped. It is equally important to explain the conditions for knowledge flows and diffusion. The presentation also widens the view by extending the analysis of knowledge creation to include aspects of creativity. Since location advantages and especially the knowledge-based advantages have the feature of moving in slowly path-dependent processes the regional policy needs to focus on structural adjustments of tangible and non-tangible infrastructure to succeed.JEL classifications: D 80, R 11, R 12

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“…Conventionally, process innovation denotes all changes of production techniques that are used in the production of a given product in a given firm. However, the term process need not exclusively imply a narrow conception of technology but may also imply ''non-technological'' activities in a firm (Fischer and Johansson 1994). This more inclusive interpretation of ''process'' corresponds to its use by Nelson and Winter (1982).…”

Section: Cost and Innovation Of Product Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 97%