Relatedness, Cross-relatedness and Regional Innovation Specializations
An Analysis of Technology, Design, and Market Activities in Europe and the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7757169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carlo Castaldi (0000-0001-5747-6788, Department of Human Geography and Spatial PlanningUtrecht University3584 CS Utrechtthe Netherlands), Kyriakos Drivas (0000-0002-9567-6083, Department of EconomicsUniversity of Piraeus18534 PiraeusGreece) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-284 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00130095.2023.2187374 |
| OpenAlex | W4366163608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 71 |
This article examines how regions develop new innovation specializations, covering different activities in the whole process from technological invention to commercialization. We develop a conceptual framework anchored in two building blocks: first, the conceptualization of innovation as a process spanning technology, design, and market activities; second, the application and extension of the principle of relatedness to understand developments within and between the different innovation activities. We offer an empirical investigation where we operationalize the different innovation activities using three intellectual property rights: patents, industrial designs, and trademarks. We provide two separate analyses of how relatedness and cross-relatedness matter for the emergence of new specializations: for 259 NUTS-2 European regions and for 363 metropolitan statistical areas of the US. While relatedness is significantly associated with new regional specializations for all three innovation activities, cross-relatedness between activities also plays a significant role. Our study has important policy implications for developing and monitoring smart specialization regional strategies
Business · Commercialization · Complementary assets · Conceptualization · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Innovation process · Intellectual property · Metropolitan area · Operationalization · Process (computing) · Regional science · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Marketing · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |