Regional Innovation and Knowledge Creation

Author(s):  
Yutaka Yokura
2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kongrae Lee

AbstractThis paper argues that there are circulative linkages between knowledge creation, sharing and utilization in regional innovative clusters. Based upon discussions about characteristics of circulative linkages between three types of knowledge activities, this paper presents three hypotheses: the more regions generate knowledge, the more active they tend to share knowledge; the more regions share knowledge, the more vigorous they tend to utilize knowledge; and the more regions generate knowledge, the more vigorously they utilize knowledge. Empirical analysis into the South Korean case showed that regions with higher knowledge generation have stronger knowledge-sharing and knowledge-utilization activities, strongly supporting the hypotheses. However, taking a weak corelation between knowledge sharing and knowledge utilization into account, it is suggested that regions with active knowledge sharing do not automatically lead to stronger knowledge utilization. There should be an effective policy measure for leading active knowledge sharing to active knowledge utilization. This study helps guide provincial governments in choosing policy goals to promote knowledge activities so as to accelerate regional innovation. It also leads to the conclusion that maintaining balance among the three types of knowledge activities (creation, sharing, and utilization) is a way to make policies that promote regional innovative clusters.


2006 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
TadeuszA. Grzeszczyk

Przedmiotem artykułu jest synteza diagnozy doświadczeń funkcjonowania regionalnych strategii innowacji (Regional Innovation Strategy - RIS) ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem potrzeby i możliwości wspierania ich rozwoju w procesie absorpcji funduszy strukturalnych w nowym okresie budżetowym Unii Europejskiej (lata 2007-2013). Autor skoncentrował uwagę na analizie najlepszych praktyk przodujących polskich regionów (województw) w tej dziedzinie. Zarysował również koncepcję poszukiwania nowego modelu regionalnych strategii innowacji w Polsce.


2012 ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Thang Nguyen Ngoc

Knowledge and the capability to create and utilize knowledge today are consid- ered to be the most important sources of a firm’s sustainable competitive advantage. This paper aims to advance understanding of the knowledge creation of firm in Vietnam by studying Alphanam Company. The case illustrates how knowledge- based management pursues a vision for the future based on ideals that consider the relationships of people in society. The finding shows that the case succeeded because of their flexibility and mobility to keep meeting to the changing needs of the customers or stakeholders. The paper also provided some suggestions for future research to examine knowledge-based management of the companies in a different industry segments and companies originating in other countries


Author(s):  
Larysa Gromozdova ◽  
Inna Stenicheva

Purpose of the article: to determine the essence of different elements ofsocio-economic space of the region. Construction of the structure and isolationof individual elements of socio-economic space as a multi-vector formation.This article highlights the essence and different approaches to defining theconcepts, structure and mechanisms of formation of economic and social spacesof the region, innovation space as a basic element of socio-economic space.Research Methods: The methodological basis of the research is the fundamentalprinciples of economic theory, regional economy, scientific views and approachesof foreign and domestic scientists. To achieve the purpose of the study, themethods used at the empirical and theoretical levels were used: axiomatic,abstract, system-structural analysis, analogies and comparisons, graphoanalytic,by which the characterization of the nature of the concepts of space, socioeconomic space, as well as innovation space region. Their general properties,structure and functions are described.The criteria of optimality and balancesof interests in the formation of different types of space in the region areconsidered. The classification of the regional space is proposed, and the networkconnections of the innovation space according to components and elements arerevealed, which allows to study deeply the social, economic and other problemsof development of the region.Scientific novelty: the classification of regionalspace by separate constituent elements is proposed. The concept of “innovationspace” was introduced into scientific circulation, the scheme of networkconnections of the innovation space with other elements of the regional socioeconomic space was developed. Conclusions and Prospects for Further Research:In today’s context, it is possible to significantly improve the economic stateof development of Ukrainian regions by using a scientifically sound andcomprehensive approach to defining and studying the concepts of socioeconomic and innovative space.In the further study it is necessary to considerin detail the mechanism of organizational activity of innovation space in theregion. It is very important to pay attention to information support for theformation of the innovation space, the creation of a regional legal field ofinnovation space, mechanisms for coordinating regional innovation activitieswithin the innovation space, as well as the influence of internal and externalfactors on the formation and development of the innovation space.


Author(s):  
Joseph Plaster

In recent years there has been a strong “public turn” within universities that is renewing interest in collaborative approaches to knowledge creation. This article draws on performance studies literature to explore the cross-disciplinary collaborations made possible when the academy broadens our scope of inquiry to include knowledge produced through performance. It takes as a case study the “Peabody Ballroom Experience,” an ongoing collaboration between the Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the Peabody Institute BFA Dance program, and Baltimore’s ballroom community—a performance-based arts culture comprising gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people of color.


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