Technological competitiveness of the EU member states in the era of the fourth industrial revolution

Weresa, Marzenna Anna

doi:10.18559/ebr.2019.3.4

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“…There is a suggestion [9] that the OI model leads to benefits that can be further augmented in regional clusters. The majority of existing literature, however, has concentrated on a micro-level view [10,11] or macro-economic issues [12,13]. We hope that this paper will contribute to the narrowing of this gap in research by taking a meso-level perspective in its examination of OI in the context of the fourth industrial revolution.…”

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Trouble in Paradise? Barriers to Open Innovation in Regional Clusters in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution

McPhillips

2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the barriers faced by clusters as open innovation intermediaries. Literature review and an empirical study were performed, involving a nation-wide survey, case studies, and in-depth interviews with cluster actors involved in open innovation activities. This article conceptually links open innovation and clusters in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, empirically identifies barriers hindering open innovation in clusters, and indicates factors that might affect the open innovation processes in networked ecosystems. The findings confirm that the perception of barriers hindering open innovation in clusters differs between clusters already implementing open innovation and those which are still not active in this area. The findings contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the potential roles of clusters as open innovation intermediaries in the context of transitioning economies. With clusters playing a role in open innovation intermediary, public support at cluster level could increase openness to cooperation not only for member companies, but all participants in the regional innovation ecosystem.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Trouble in Paradise? Barriers to Open Innovation in Regional Clusters in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution

McPhillips

2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…It was possible to identify six clusters considering the number of working hours, and the percentage of temporary and precarious workers. This heterogeneity of behavior in European Union countries was also previously studied by Weresa (2019) in her analysis of the impact of the fourth industrial revolution. In this sense, the data from this study also confirm the heterogeneity and relevance of cluster analysis.…”

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confidence: 71%

EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN R&D EXPENDITURE AND THE JOB QUALITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Almeida

Amoedo

2020

SCECO

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<p><em>Investment in research and development is a key factor in increasing countries' competitiveness. However, its impact can potentially be broader and include other socially relevant elements like job quality. In effect, the quantity of generated jobs is an incomplete indicator since it does not allow to conclude on the quality of the job generated. In this sense, this paper intends to explore the relevance of R&D investments for the job quality in the European Union between 2009 and 2018. For this purpose, we investigate the effects of R&D expenditures made by the business sector, government, and higher education sector on three dimensions of job quality. Three research methods are employed, i.e. univariate linear analysis, multiple linear analysis, and cluster analysis. The findings only confirm the association between R&D expenditure and the number of hours worked, such that the European Union countries with the highest R&D expenses are those with the lowest average weekly working hours.</em></p>

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“…It is worth noting that the -smart specialization‖ approach that led to RIS3 was based on the idea of identifying strategic areas for research and innovation interventions on a -place-based‖ orientation and practice (Foray, 2018;Foray et al, 2009). It should also be pointed out that the EU at the central policy level seemed somehow ready to deal with the emerging wave of the fourth industrial revolution and the post-COVID-19 era (Schä fer, 2018;Weresa, 2019). However, it should be noted that the idiosyncratic politico-economic and legal nature and not fully integrated socio-economic structure of this supranational entity currently prevents a single, common economic policy, and, therefore, the impact of the EU policies naturally varies from one country to another (Andreou et al, 2017;Autio, 2016;Muller et al, 2015).…”

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European Entrepreneurship Reinforcement Policies in Macro, Meso, and Micro Terms for the Post-COVID-19 Era

Chatzinikolaou¹,

Demertzis²,

Vlados³

2021

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In today’s unprecedented transformation in the global socio-economic system caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the escalating fourth industrial revolution, reinforcing innovative entrepreneurship appears a significant policy objective that can lead to overall socio-economic development. In this drastically changed context, entrepreneurship support policies seem that they need to be both conceptually and practically readjusted, simultaneously at the macro, meso, and micro levels. This paper investigates the case of public entrepreneurship policies in the European Union (EU), aiming to find specific patterns and suggest a new multilevel policy framework. Initially, the article offers a brief overview of the related trends created in the emerging post-COVID-19 era. Next, the “competitiveness web” perspective in terms of “macro-meso-micro” level synthesis is presented, considering that it can function as a theoretical framework for entrepreneurship reinforcement. Recent EU entrepreneurship support policy guidelines are then explored, emphasizing the latest trends and the development opportunities arising with the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility establishment to deal with the consequences of the current health and socio-economic crisis. Upon this basis, the paper concludes in a proposal for an integrated “macro-meso-micro” policy, placing at the epicenter the mechanism of the Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ILDI). This policy aims to strengthen the spatially-located firms to reposition and readapt the “Stra.Tech.Man” potential they have and activate in their local business ecosystem (strategy-technology-management synthesis).

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Technological competitiveness of the EU member states in the era of the fourth industrial revolution

Cited by 20 publications

References 40 publications

Trouble in Paradise? Barriers to Open Innovation in Regional Clusters in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Trouble in Paradise? Barriers to Open Innovation in Regional Clusters in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution

EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN R&D EXPENDITURE AND THE JOB QUALITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

European Entrepreneurship Reinforcement Policies in Macro, Meso, and Micro Terms for the Post-COVID-19 Era

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