Exogenous sources of regional industrial change Attraction and absorption of non-local knowledge for new path development

The role of exogenous sources of new path development has been underplayed in the literature on regional industrial change so far. The aim of this article is to explore in a conceptual way under which conditions and in what ways non-local knowledge can lead to new path development in different regio...

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Published in:Progress in human geography Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 687 - 705
Main Authors: Trippl, Michaela, Grillitsch, Markus, Isaksen, Arne
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2018
Subjects:
Human Geography
Kulturgeografi
Samhällsvetenskap
Social and Economic Geography
Social och ekonomisk geografi
Social Sciences
diversified metropolitan regions
regional innovation systems
peripheral regions
new path development
non-local knowledge flows
specialized industrial regions
ISSN:0309-1325, 1477-0288, 1477-0288
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Summary:The role of exogenous sources of new path development has been underplayed in the literature on regional industrial change so far. The aim of this article is to explore in a conceptual way under which conditions and in what ways non-local knowledge can lead to new path development in different regional innovation systems (RISs). We distinguish between organizationally thick and diversified RISs, thick and specialized RISs and thin RISs and argue that these types vary substantially in their needs for exogenous sources as well as in their capacities to attract and absorb knowledge generated elsewhere.
ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132517700982