The spatial organization of innovation strategies in the Eindhoven region : A study on the socio-spatial implications of innovative networks in the high-tech sector of the Eindhoven region

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2014-05
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According to many recent conceptual developments in the innovation and economic geography literature, networks can be seen as qualitative relationships which are reflected in interorganizational knowledge relationships. It has been widely argued that these personal networks across organizations are critical for innovation processes, in particular in high-technology sectors where the external sourcing of knowledge through networks has been identified as an important mechanism. These insights suggest that learning within a cluster is a process of social interaction among individuals rather than a rationally organized process within and between firms and that, consequently, learning should be understood from the social context in which it takes place. However, the role of institutions on local scale to innovation and learning remain underexplored. So if the public sector like the SRE wants to stimulate innovation and cluster development through incentive funds and by operating as an accelerator and connector in the collaboration with stakeholders, they must be aware of the current and future spatial strategies of key actors within a cluster as well as the way these strategies are constituted. Therefore they need to be provided with information about the role of space, as well as the role of knowledge (including their spatial implications) that constitute the structure of innovation strategies of key actors involved in innovative activities in the high-tech sector.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen
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