Perspectives on regional innovation policy – From new economic geography towards the IMP approach

Eklinder-Frick, Jens; Åge, Lars‐Johan

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“…The more the existing heaviness can be taken advantage offor innovation as well as for efficiencythe less economically demanding the change process will be. The content and consequences of economic exchange give opportunities to utilise relationships and their connectedness (Håkansson et al, 2009), the economic heaviness of established resource constellations (Håkansson and Waluszewski, 2002) and its spatial configuration as well as its journey (Håkansson et al, 2006;Waluszewski, 2011;Eklund and Waluszewski, 2015;Eklinder-Frick and Åge, 2017). This also implies that the hindrances and possibilities caused by heaviness make innovation into a far from the neutral process, it is always forced to relate to investments in place (Håkansson and Waluszewski, 2002).…”

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“…A second general conclusion, which perhaps is less obvious, is that policy's assumption of a content-and friction-free exchange in commercial producing and using settings along with the recognition of context interdependencies in the non-business developing setting allows for a peculiar definition of the role of place and for neglecting the innovation space. A basic requirement on policy, manifested among others in EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Eklinder-Frick and Åge, 2017;Eklund and Waluszewski, 2015), is that policy investments shall result in place-related benefits (Eklinder-Frick and Åge, 2017). The idea that interdependencies exist in a non-business developing setting, but are swept away once the knowledge advancement is transformed into an economic resource exchanged on the market, allows for the assumption that advanced research milieus is a "vehicle" that will attract businesses to make their investments in close spatial proximity to these.…”

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Heaviness, space and journey – innovation opportunities and restrictions

Håkansson

Waluszewski

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that if the authors want to understand the role of heaviness, space and journey in innovation, the authors have to start with the interaction itself, that is the exchange process taking place between economic actors. Three major aspects will be considered: the first is that heaviness, space and journey imply restrictions, the second is that these aspects can be positively utilised in innovation processes, and the third is their joint importance to contemporary policy. All innovation processes must bypass and build on existing investments in social and material resources, related across time and space. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical foundation is a basic IMP observation: exchange has a content. Exchange is captured as an interaction process that creates specific imprints on material and social resources involved – across firm boundaries, and across time and space. The methodology is a consequence of the research question and the theoretical point of departure and is based on three earlier IMP studies, where heaviness has been measured in different ways. The authors utilize two earlier presented case studies to focus on the heaviness, space and journey dimensions. Findings Three main aspects are discussed: the first aspect concerns the need for utilisation of others heaviness in order for the innovation to gain heaviness in itself. The second aspect concerns the consequences that the search for heaviness has for the creation of an innovation space. The third aspect concerns the innovation journey; the specific interaction patterns between significant actors as well as places hosting heavy using, producing and developing activities created through interactions over time. Research limitations/implications In order to change or to establish a new economic exchange interface, there is an urgent need to be aware of and utilise heaviness, to find out in what way existing investments made in related interfaces can be taken advantage of. In order to do that, there is a need for a better understanding of the function of heaviness, spatial and journey aspects included. Practical implications In contemporary policy, certain heaviness is recognised, however, only in a non-business developing setting. The first conclusion is that heaviness of established producing and using settings is a policy blind spot. This implies that analytical policy approaches are not equipped for recognitions or of estimations of heaviness, nor as a hindrance or as a possibility in producing and using settings. The second conclusion is that the policy definition of the role of place implies neglecting the innovation space. The third conclusion is that there is a need for policy to recognise the innovation journey and its consequences. Social implications If the policy is expected to have regional effects, policy analysis has to start out from the established heaviness of the region and consider how it can be taken advantage of. Originality/value The paper draws attention to an aspect neglected in policy attempts to boost innovation, that the mobilising support has to come from actors representing heavy producing and using networks – and that these already have space and journey characteristics. A peripheral actor can come up with a suggestion for change – but it cannot alone mobilise the resources necessary for an innovation to get a space and journey in relation to established resource constellations.

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Heaviness, space and journey – innovation opportunities and restrictions

Håkansson

Waluszewski

2018

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“…Prior studies suggest that the firms in a cluster must transform and upgrade to sustain their competitiveness and stay relevant to the cluster. These studies suggest too that inter-firm networks are essential for an SME's innovation journey; the networks in which the clusters are embedded are the main mechanisms that facilitate the cluster firms' interaction, learning, and innovation (Casanueva et al, 2013;Eklinder-Frick and Age, 2017;Lev en et al, 2014).…”

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Hub firm transformation and industry cluster upgrading: innovation network perspective

Goh

2020

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PurposeThis research paper examines how hub firm transformation and restructuring of network partnerships shape the development of industrial clusters in China.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaire data were collected from 210 managers (response rate 70.9 percent) from the manufacturing industrial clusters in Eastern China.FindingsThe results inform that a cluster’s hub firm transformation influences the evolution of the cluster. Though the hub firm may possess transformation capabilities, the cluster is likely to be weakened if network partnerships and resource synergy are not formed amongst the cluster members.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper, in examining the individual- and firm-level attributes of orchestration capability and their interactions, sheds light on the firm level and inter-firm level relationships between resources and innovation in an industrial cluster.Practical implicationsTo facilitate learning and the upgrading of firms within an industry cluster and promote a cluster’s innovation network, policymakers can initiate preferential policy measures to cultivate support to strategically transform a cluster’s hub firm, thus fostering cluster network growth.Originality/valueThe paper studies the evolution of clusters by investigating the hub firm transformation and member firm interaction. Focusing on the inter-firm network interactions lends a richer understanding of the nuances of the evolution of industrial clusters in Asia.

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“…Within the IMP Group literature, the central role of knowledge for innovation has been addressed especially considering the need to interact with several actors (Håkansson and Waluszewski, 2007). The role of knowledge has been discussed in recent contributions comparing the IMP approach to other perspectives (Eklinder-Frick and Åge, 2017), in the attempt to find ways to join the insights emerging from the "market as network approach" that specifically deals with interactions among actors within the setting of innovation (Waluszewski et al, 2014).…”

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The role of actors in interactions between “innovation ecosystems”: drivers and implications

Pucci

Runfola

Guercini

et al. 2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the role of the actors (especially firms) in interactions between contexts defined as “innovation ecosystems.” Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a conceptual framework. A review of the literature to frame the concepts of innovation ecosystems and the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) approach is presented. A possible integration of the two concepts is then discussed. Findings The paper adds new discursive inputs to the concept of innovation ecosystem that validate its use in the context of the knowledge economy and extends the theories of knowledge, by analyzing the role that various actors who populate an innovative ecosystem play in the creation, learning, use, and dissemination of knowledge. Originality/value The paper furnishes an approach to the research on knowledge management and innovation, in the attempt to relate the IMP Group approach with the perspective of the “innovation ecosystems” concept.

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Perspectives on regional innovation policy – From new economic geography towards the IMP approach

Cited by 21 publications

References 81 publications

Heaviness, space and journey – innovation opportunities and restrictions

Heaviness, space and journey – innovation opportunities and restrictions

Hub firm transformation and industry cluster upgrading: innovation network perspective

The role of actors in interactions between “innovation ecosystems”: drivers and implications

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