The role of the firm's internal and relational capabilities in clusters: when distance and embeddedness are not enough to explain innovation

Hervás-Oliver, José-Luis; Garrigós, José Albors

doi:10.1093/jeg/lbn033

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“…Research by Hervas-Oliver et al (2009) revealed that clusters can affect the way companies combine internal resources (skills, in-house R&D, and marketing) and externally owned resources (location, institution, and linkage), and they found that this can affect innovation and productivity. The research of Eickelpasch et al (2007) focused on the location factor's impact on innovation and performance at the corporate level.…”

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“…Moreover, empirical evidence shows that the proximity of universities to companies encourages the exchange of ideas and improves the companies' innovation performance. Hervas-Oliver et al (2009) argued that the main motive for companies to cooperate in R&D is access to new knowledge instrumental for innovation, while the motive for universities to engage in cooperative R&D is to obtain revenue to finance the equipment and researchers involved in innovation, as well as having an opportunity to test theories in practice. In this partnership, the university's role is especially important as a creator of technology and a provider of human resources, as well as in aligning economic changes or developments with changes in society.…”

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Innovation and Productivity in Indonesian it Clusters: The Influence of External Economies and Joint Action

Wiratmadja¹,

Govindaraju²,

Handayani³

2016

IJTech

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Literature studies indicate that information technology (IT) clusters encourage innovation and increase firm-level productivity by providing external economies and facilitating joint action for its members. The purpose of this study is to identify the external economy and joint action factors that affect firm innovation and productivity in the IT cluster. A research model was developed based on earlier models of joint action and external economies. The model consists of three external economy related factors, i.e., access to skills, finance, and infrastructure, as well as three joint action related factors, i.e., vertical, horizontal, and research and development (R&D) cooperation as the independent variables, firm innovation as the intervening variable, the firm's absorptive capacity as the moderating variable, and firm productivity as the dependent variable. Data collection was conducted through a survey with respondents from 32 IT firms located in three clusters in Bandung and one cluster in Cimahi (West JavaIndonesia). The partial least square (PLS) approach was used for hypotheses testing. The results indicate that horizontal cooperation, access to infrastructure, and access to skill have a positive impact on productivity, while horizontal cooperation and R&D cooperation have a positive impact on innovation. Finally, firm innovation is proven to positively influence firm productivity.

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Innovation and Productivity in Indonesian it Clusters: The Influence of External Economies and Joint Action

Wiratmadja¹,

Govindaraju²,

Handayani³

2016

IJTech

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“…Esto último nos lleva a pensar si la forma de abordar las soluciones técnicas para la reducción del impacto ambiental está bien orientada y si las acciones complementarias informativas y formativas apoyan estas actuaciones, aspecto clave en el sector cerámico español como han estudiado previamente algunos autores (59,60). Puede darse el caso de que una empresa realice una inversión importante en la instalación de un sistema de gestión medioambiental para controlar, procedimentar y reducir consumos sin haberse preocupado antes de concienciar a sus trabajadores en el uso de la misma.…”

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ISO 14001 y variables económicas, ¿hay alguna relación? Análisis de las empresas certificadas del sector cerámico español

Peiró-Signes¹,

Segara-Oña²,

Mondéjar-Jiménez³

et al. 2013

Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. Vidr.

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Es un hecho constatable el incremento de la adopción de prácticas medioambientales certificadas de manera formal a través de sistemas de gestión medioambiental. De su implantación, que tiene un elevado coste para las empresas, se espera la generación de beneficios, aunque no se ha documentado aún si existe relación entre la implantación de la ISO 14001 y su influencia en la mejora de los indicadores económicos a lo largo del tiempo. En este trabajo se analiza la relación entre la implantación de un sistema de gestión medioambiental, la ISO 14001, y el comportamiento económico en el corto, medio y largo plazo de las empresas del sector cerámico español. Se estudian los indicadores económicos para cada una de las 66 empresas productoras que han implantado la citada norma desde 1996 hasta el año 2009 a través de la comparación con su grupo de control. Los resultados indican que la ISO 14001 no influye en los resultados de las empresas del sector cerámico, ya que no se han encontrado diferencias significativas en los valores de ingresos de explotación ni en el incremento de los ingresos a largo plazo en ninguno de los tres horizontes temporales, corto, medio y largo plazo, obteniendo resultados opuestos a los esperados. Palabras clave: Sector cerámico español, ISO 14001, resultados económicos, SGM, event studyAnalysis of the impact of ISO 14001 in the economic variables of the Spanish ceramic tile industry's companies.The increased in the adoption of formally environmental certified practices through environmental management systems is a provable fact. Its implementation, which has a high cost for the companies, is expected to generate benefits, although the relation between the implementation of ISO 14001 and its influence on the improvement of economic indicators over time has not been documented. This paper analyzes the relation between the implementation of an environmental management system, the ISO 14001, and economic performance in the short, medium and long term for the companies of the Spanish ceramic tile industry. It explores the economic indicators for each of the 66 manufacturing companies which have implemented the aforementioned standard from 1996 until 2009 through a comparison with a control group. Results show that ISO 14001 does not affect the economic results of the studied companies. We have not found significant differences in the operating income values, neither in the increase in revenues in the long term in any of the three analyzed periods, contrary to the expected results. Vol 52, 1, 15-24, enero-Febrero 2013 ISSn 0366-3175. eISSn 2173-0431. doi: 10.3989/cyv.22013 Keywords: Spanish ceramic tile industry, ISO 14001, economic performance, EMS, event study. Boletín de la Sociedad española de Cerámica y Vidrio IntrOduccIón.En un mundo donde las preocupaciones ambientales aumentan (1) y las barreras comerciales disminuyen, el consenso sobre la gestión ambiental y los estándares de certificación tiene gran atractivo para los sectores que operan a nivel internacional (2).La gestión medioambiental...

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“…However, it is also suggested that the degree of 'absorptive capacity' in part determines the extent to which external resources and 'know-how' are practically available for exploitation (Hervas-Oliver and Albors-Garrigos, 2009). The firm's internal resources and capabilities 'to transfer and absorb knowledge at a local level' becomes of considerable importance (Giuliani, 2007, 140), as does its corporate culture.…”

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Managing communities and managing knowledge: strategic decision making and store network investment within retail multinationals

Wood

Reynolds

2011

Journal of Economic Geography

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The manner in which knowledge is spatially generated, reproduced and diffused is of interest to students of economic geography and business management alike. This paper seeks to contribute to these debates by drawing on the results of a year-long study with analysts working in location-planning departments of multinational retailers to determine: a) how different types of knowledge are mediated within organisational contexts to inform store development; and b) the extent to which analysis can be successfully formalised into "best practice". We find that while quantitative models of sales forecasting have become established, analysis on a dayto-day basis sees judgements made by analyst "communities" without perfect data, as experience and intuitive insights contribute to corporate decision-making. Furthermore, a number of communities-of-practice across the retail firm, consisting of actors with different backgrounds and agendas, contribute to outcomes. Understanding the power relations embedded within (and across) these communities is essential to conceptualise the store expansion process.

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The role of the firm's internal and relational capabilities in clusters: when distance and embeddedness are not enough to explain innovation

Cited by 149 publications

References 52 publications

Innovation and Productivity in Indonesian it Clusters: The Influence of External Economies and Joint Action

Innovation and Productivity in Indonesian it Clusters: The Influence of External Economies and Joint Action

ISO 14001 y variables económicas, ¿hay alguna relación? Análisis de las empresas certificadas del sector cerámico español

Managing communities and managing knowledge: strategic decision making and store network investment within retail multinationals

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