Im Wettbewerb der Volkswirtschaften ist die Governance von Innovation und Wissenstransfer ein zentraler Faktor. Michael Ortiz vergleicht für die Automobilbranche und die Biotechnologie, wie die Innovationsregime in Deutschland, Großbritannien und Spanien gestaltet werden. Er liefert damit wichtige Erkenntnisse zu den Gründen für ökonomische Erfolge und Misserfolge in den betrachteten Ländern und Regionen.



Vorwort
Akteure und Strukturen

Studien zur vergleichenden empirischen Sozialforschung

Herausgegeben von Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Detlef Fetchenhauer, Karsten Hank, André Kaiser und Heiner Meulemann, Universität Köln

Autorentext

Michael Ortiz, Dr. rer. soc., promovierte an der Universität Mannheim.



Inhalt
Contents Preface 9 1. Introduction 11 2. Discussing Central Concepts and Definitions 21 2.1 Knowledge Transfer: Economic Action and Knowledge Economy 21 2.1.1 The Emergence of Knowledge Economy 21 2.1.2 What Is "Knowledge" and How Can It Be "Transferred"? 22 2.2 The Institutional Embeddedness of Innovation and Learning 29 2.2.1 Defining Innovation 29 2.2.2 The Systemic Character of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer 32 2.2.3 A Sociological Perspective on Innovation Systems 35 2.2.4 The "Governance" of Social Systems of Innovation and Production 37 2.3 Production Regimes: Institutional Frameworks for Knowledge Transfer 41 2.3.1 National Production Regimes-The Varieties-of-Capitalism- Approach 43 2.3.2 Liberal and Coordinated Market Economies 44 2.3.3 Institutional Coherence, Complementarity and Modes of Innovation 47 2.3.4 Criticizing the Varieties-of-Capitalism-Approach 50 2.4 The Innovation Systems Approach-Spatial Dimensions of Innovation 55 2.4.1 National Innovation Systems 56 2.4.2 Regional Innovation Systems-Approaching a Fuzzy Concept 59 2.5 A Heuristic Model of Regional Knowledge Transfer Systems 86 3. Hypothesizing Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in Varieties of Capitalism 94 3.1 Hypothesized Structures and Mechanisms in CMEs 95 3.2 Hypothesized Structures and Mechanisms in LMEs 101 3.3 Hypothesized Structures and Mechanisms in MMEs 104 3.4 Summary 108 4. A Qualitative Approach to Innovation System Analysis 110 4.1 Conceptualizing an Internationally Comparative Qualitative Case Study: The Choice for a Qualitative Approach 110 4.2 Sampling Strategies and Selection Criteria 114 4.3 Selecting the National and Regional Cases 120 4.4 The Guideline-Based Expert Interview as Research Method 123 4.5 Selection of Experts as Units of Observation 125 4.6 Evaluation Methods: Aggregation and Triangulation 127 4.7 Quality Criteria and Analytical Generalization of the Results 132 5. Germany-Knowledge Transfer Systems in a Coordinated Economy 137 5.1 The German Economy-Conserving Industrial Structures 137 5.2 The Case of Baden-Württemberg 144 5.2.1 Locating Baden-Württemberg in the German Context 144 5.2.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in Baden-Württemberg: Six Governance Dimensions 151 5.2.3 Summary. 183 5.3 The Case of the Metropolitan Region Hannover Braunschweig Göttingen Wolfsburg 188 5.3.1 Locating the Metropolitan Region HBGW in the German Context 188 5.3.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in the Metropolitan Region HBGW: Six Governance Dimensions 196 5.3.3 Summary 230 5.4 Lessons from the German Case 236 6. Spain-Knowledge Transfer Systems in a Mediterranean Economy 243 6.1 The Spanish Economy-Some Structural Facts. 243 6.2 The Case of Catalonia 250 6.2.1 Locating Catalonia in the Spanish Context 250 6.2.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in Catalonia: Six Governance Dimensions 256 6.2.3 Summary 285 6.3 The Case of the Madrid Community 292 6.3.1 Locating the Madrid Community in the Spanish Context 292 6.3.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer the Madrid Community: Six Governance Dimensions 298 6.3.3 Summary 327 6.4 Lessons from the Spanish Case 332 7. UK-Knowledge Transfer Systems in a Liberal Market Economy 340 7.1 The UK Economy-A Service Dominated Economy 340 7.2 The East of England Case 348 7.2.1 Locating the East of England in the UK Context 348 7.2.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in the East of England: Six Governance Dimensions 355 7.2.3 Summary 382 7.3 The Greater London Case 388 7.3.1 Locating the Greater London Region in the UK Context 388 7.3.2 Structures and Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer in Greater London: Six Governance Dimensions 395 7.3.3 Summary 415 7.4 Lessons from the UK Case 421 8. Conclusions 430 8.1 Towards a Theory of Knowledge Transfer in Innovation Systems 431 8.2 The Nature of Regional Variation in VoC 440 8.3 Traditional Industrial vs. Metropolitan Knowledge Transfer Settings 446 8.
Titel
Varieties of Innovation Systems
Untertitel
The Governance of Knowledge Transfer in Europe
EAN
9783593420332
ISBN
978-3-593-42033-2
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16.05.2013
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3.89 MB
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507
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2013
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