The Pharma-biotech Complex and Interconnected Regional Innovation Arenas

Urban Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (13) ◽  
pp. 2867-2894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Zeller
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Corporate Networks ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Biotechnology Firms ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Money Flows ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Research Organisations ◽  
Development Trajectories

Large pharmaceutical firms, biotechnology firms, publicly funded research organisations and financial organisations which are inseparably connected and located in a few key regions have built a hierarchical pharma-biotech complex. It is argued that large corporations establish networks to access regionally concentrated knowledge bases. These networks consist of money flows, knowledge and personnel. By establishing such networks, large firms considerably shape and interconnect the development dynamics in the regions in which they have strategic assets. The paper reveals how the economic development trajectories of the urban regions of Basel, New Jersey and Boston are connected by large pharmaceutical firms and the industrial dynamics of the combined pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Such strong corporate networks result in the globally combined and interdependent development of urban regions.

scholarly journals On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hassink ◽  
Oliver Plum ◽  
Arne Rickmers
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Regional Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Policies

Abstract Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies

scholarly journals Introduction: Combinatorial Knowledge Bases, Regional Innovation, and Development Dynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 429-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Asheim ◽  
Markus Grillitsch ◽  
Michaela Trippl
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Innovation And Development

Knowledge-Based Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Review of Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifeng Qian
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Innovation Cluster

The geographical nature of knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship has been well documented in the literature. In most regional or urban studies, these two topics are separately discussed. This research reviews literature at the intersection of knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. The key argument is that entrepreneurship can serve as a mechanism for transmitting knowledge spillovers and accordingly contribute to regional innovation, cluster formation, and economic development. However, the effectiveness of this mechanism depends on various factors in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, notably including knowledge bases, absorptive capacity, competition, networks of people, diversity, and culture.

scholarly journals New idea of building regional innovative capacities – smart specialisations

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (320) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Ewa Nowakowska
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
First Century ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
Europe 2020 Strategy ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Development Trajectories

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, low competitiveness of the economy and the deepening gap relative to the world’s economic powers was the key problem of the European Community. Also, weak innovativeness of the economy, underdeveloped R&D sector with inefficiency of public policy are seen as leading EU challenges These problems have become the basis for criticism of current innovation policy and the search for new methods, tools, and development trajectories. The answer to these challenges is the concept of smart regional specializations proposed along with a new vision of the development of the EU’s, known as Europe 2020 Strategy. Smart specialization is a new paradigm for building competitive advantage of regions. It is also a new way of regional innovation policy, aiming to eliminate barriers and failures in building innovation capacity of regions. The purpose of this article is to show the essence of the concept of regional smart specializations. Article identifies the theoretical assumptions and describes the key elements of this new approach. It exposes the novelty of the concept and identifies the challenges of its implementation.

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