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Innovation platforms as a tool for anchoring non-local knowledge: smart specialisation strategies in Guangdong, China.
- Source :
- Industry & Innovation; Jun/Jul2023, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p694-718, 25p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Innovation platforms can be useful for promoting the diversification of regional industrial paths. Until recently, the literature had depicted such platforms primarily as a tool for enabling local knowledge recombination – and not for anchoring non-local knowledge. In many regions, however, 'smart specialisation strategies' for modernising and transforming industrial structures are difficult to implement without transplantation of non-local knowledge. This paper explores innovation platforms as a tool for anchoring non-local knowledge. We elaborate on recent Chinese experiences by studying diversification-oriented regional innovation policy in Guangdong province. We employ an embedded single-case study design, involving a regionally typical diversification strategy, which we substantiate by tracing platform development with two non-local actors, a university and a technology firm. The paper reveals that non-local actors can play an important role in unlocking regional industrial development potential, especially if platforms enable these actors to relate to local industry by performing desired intermediary functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13662716
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Industry & Innovation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164648804
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2022.2132919