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Faraway, so Close! : The Changing Geographies of Regional Innovation

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Author

  • Lars Coenen

Summary, in English

Innovation, the act and outcome of making something novel, is unevenly distributed across the geographical landscape. This uneven distribution has a profound impact on the differential success of regional economies. Localized learning between co-located firms and organizations provides an important source of increased innovation for regions to face challenges posed by increasingly global competition. At the same time, it is important for regions to be open and receptive to distant knowledge.



This study investigates how local and global knowledge is combined in a productive nexus of learning processes in the context of regional innovation. In particular it looks at how characteristics of the industrial knowledge base shape these geographies of innovation. For this it draws on comparative case studies of regional innovation systems and clusters in a broad range of different sectors ranging from furniture to electronics. The regions that have been analyzed are mainly located in the Nordic countries but also include studies of regions located in Canada and the UK. A considerable part of the empirical analysis has focused on the Medicon Valley biotechnology cluster located in the Swedish-Danish cross-border Öresund region.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Publication/Series

Meddelanden från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar

Issue

169

Document type

Dissertation

Publisher

Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University

Topic

  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • Regions
  • Innovation
  • Regional Innovation Systems
  • Clusters
  • Biotechnology
  • Social sciences
  • Social geography
  • Samhällsvetenskaper
  • Socialgeografi

Status

Published

Supervisor

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0346-6787
  • ISBN: 91-974998-9-7

Defence date

24 October 2006

Defence time

13:15

Defence place

Geocentrum I, Sölvegatan 10 Sal 128 (Flygeln)

Opponent

  • Meric Gertler (Professor)