Sectoral patterns of small firm innovation, networking and proximity

Freel, Mark

doi:10.1016/s0048-7333(02)00084-7

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“…In particular, many R&D workers believe that alternative sources of knowledge such as internal resources or the Internet are sufficient, or preferable, to be successful. This supports studies such as Freel (2003) which suggest that internal resources and competencies of firms are often sufficient for innovation. A further reason why the Cluster is not beneficial is that there are no opportunities to interact and learn.…”

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Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

Huber

2011

Journal of Economic Geography

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A widespread assumption in economic geography and the economics of innovation is that firms located in clusters benefit from territorial learning and knowledge spillovers. However, it remains unclear to what extent these benefits actually occur. This paper aims to address this issue and examines to what extent research and development (R&D) workers in the Cambridge Information Technology (IT) Cluster benefit from being located in the Cluster. The study shows why many do not believe that their work benefits from being located in the Cluster. The results suggest that academics as well as policy makers need to be more careful with the assumption of technological knowledge spillovers in innovative clusters. The significant advantages of the Cambridge IT Cluster seem to be of a different nature; in particular they concern labour market advantages and benefits from the global 'brand' of Cambridge.

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Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

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2011

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“…In this regard, it is widely acknowledge that teams play an important part in innovation, especially linked to creativity and knowledge management (McAdam, 2004;Molina et al, 2007). Since innovation involves ''the cumulative or path dependent creation of new knowledge, or novel recombination of existing knowledge'' (Freel, 2003), it is essentially concerned with learning. Accordingly, the TQM emphasis on education and training complemented with appropriate performance appraisal schemes (i.e.…”

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“…Additionally, being a mature industry, technological innovations are essentially incremental rather than radical (Freel, 2003). In this regard, and considering that the basis for competitiveness is more and more associated with intangible factors-such as time-to-market, customisation and the provision of additional services-, organisational innovation is becoming crucial and demands, among other aspects, the introduction of a management philosophy that puts the customer, the workers and continuous improvement at the core of everything that an organisation does.…”

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Are TQM principles supporting innovation in the Portuguese footwear industry?

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The relationship between total quality management (TQM) and innovation is complex. Literature suggests that conflicting arguments exist and that the impact of TQM on innovation depends both on the specific quality management elements under consideration and on the type of innovation. In this research, our goal is to analyse at what extent the introduction of TQM is indeed supporting innovation in the Portuguese footwear industry. Since this is a mature industry, whose traditional competitive base is disappearing and where familiar to medium units dominate, our emphasis is on the study of the organisational requirements to adopt constant changes in process technology. This study is based on empirical data collected from a set of firms by means of a survey instrument, especially developed with this purpose, after an extended contact with the industry where case studies and interviews were conducted with carefully selected organisations and sector experts. Findings give support to the view that in fact TQM principles have a positive association with the adoption of technological innovation. Yet, both the prevalence of features of the mechanistic model and the lack of maturity of most initiatives in the Portuguese footwear firms restrains the role of TQM in supporting innovation. r

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“…Estos trabajos resaltan que, en la mayoría de las pymes, la innovación es un proceso que se asienta principalmente sobre bases internas de conocimiento (Freel, 2003;Freel y Harrison, 2006;Gebauer et alii, 2005;Kaufman y Tödt-ling, 2000). Las pymes poseen una base limitada de recursos, lo cual limita sus posibilidades a la hora de realizar actividades de I+D y de establecer relaciones de cooperación con agentes externos.…”

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“…El hecho de que la mayoría de las innovaciones sea market pull tiene como consecuencia que las redes de cooperación se limiten, para numerosas pymes, a relaciones con agentes dentro de la cadena de valor, clientes y proveedores (Freel, 2000(Freel, , 2003Doloreux, 2003). Como señalan Kaufman y Tödtling (2002), unas pocas relaciones duraderas y selectivas con estos agentes moldean la mayor parte de las actividades de innovación de las pymes.…”

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Innovación en las pymes industriales: una visión desde el modelo interactivo

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Resumen: Esta investigación analiza cómo se producen las innovaciones en las pymes industriales tomando como marco conceptual el «modelo interactivo» de innovación Abstract: This paper looks at innovation processes in industrial SMEs from the point of view of so-called «interactive learning» or Lundvall's Aalborg model. The paper is based on both qualitative (47 semi-structured interviews) and quantitative (phone survey of 147 firms) empirical fieldwork carried out in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa (Northern Spain). The empirical evidence shows that industrial SMEs from that region innovate in accordance with the «DUI mode» (doing, using, interacting), and that they are far from the «STI mode» (science, technology, innovation).

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Sectoral patterns of small firm innovation, networking and proximity

Cited by 506 publications

References 50 publications

Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

Are TQM principles supporting innovation in the Portuguese footwear industry?

Innovación en las pymes industriales: una visión desde el modelo interactivo

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