R&D activities and firms' characteristics: some evidence from North East England

R&D Activities In a Peripheral Region: an Empirical Study with Special Reference to the North East Region of the UK

“…This is a much higher figure compared to similar figures reported in the previous studies of this region (e.g. Dixon and Seddighi, 1996;Seddighi et al, 2002). However, this finding is consistent with evidence concerning leading regions and it seems to suggest that R&D activities are highly concentrated in the North East region.…”

“…This study compliments earlier work on the North East region (Dixon and Seddighi, 1996;Seddighi et al, 2002), in that, it uses a case study approach focusing on activities of firms located in the inner city area of the Newcastle Upon Tyne, a major city in the North East Downloaded by [Stanford University Libraries] at 12:39 08 October 2012 of England. This narrow focus is motivated by (a) recent evidence on the pattern of R&D activities in the leading regions of the UK (R&D Scoreboard, 2002(R&D Scoreboard, /2003, (b) the continued importance of manufacturing activities in the North East and in particular, in Newcastle Upon Tyne (One North East, 2005) and (c) a city with a diversified economic structure consistent with presence of inter-sectoral 'Jacobs-externalities'.…”

“…This is the approach used in most regional studies (e.g. Seddighi et al, 2002). Although the initial statistical problems might be solved in this way, this procedure is likely to lead to unreliable data, due to the fact that most R&D active firms appear to be located in a relatively small urban industrial clusters in both key and peripheral regions (R&D Scoreboard, 2002(R&D Scoreboard, /2003; (b) alternatively one can design procedures to reduce the degrees of freedom problem while keeping the focus of investigation on where R&D is actually undertaken.…”

“…Baldwin and Hanel, 2003), the literature on the economics of R&D pay particular attention to the characteristics of firm (e.g. Seddighi et al 2002), the local scientific and the technological infrastructure (e.g. Porter, 2000), the user-producer relation (e.g.…”

An empirical evaluation of management and operational capabilities for innovation via co‐creation

“…The region has been lagging behind other regions of the UK in R&D and innovative activities (e.g. Dixon and Seddighi, 1996; Seddighi and Huntley, 2007; Seddighi et al , 2002), and it is currently refocusing its strategy on enhancing innovation activities to help regional growth (One North East, 2006).…”