Localized learning revisited

By A. Malmberg, P. Maskell. 2006

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The concept of localized learning outlines how local conditions and spatial proximity between actors enable the formation of distinctive cognitive repertoires and influence the generation and selection of skills, processes and products within a field of knowledge or activity. The localized learning argument consists of two distinct yet related elements. One has to do with localized capabilities that enhance learning while the other concerns the possible benefits that firms with similar or related activities may accrue by locating in spatial proximity of one another. In this essay, we disentangle these two inherent elements of the concept, review some of the critique that has been raised against it, and sort out some misunderstandings that we think are attached to its present use.

Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management

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Citations in the corpus

Innovation in food firms: contribution of regional networks within the international business context (2007, background): “Even though globalization will erode some of the localized capabilities, regions remain different from each other (Malmberg and Maskell 2006).”
A Network-based view of regional growth (2014, background): “In particular, geographic clustering and industrial agglomeration theory is increasingly encompassing more diffuse forms of agglomeration, especially with regard to the type and geographic scale at which external economies become manifest, and the extent to which these are shared across regions and ”
Knowledge networks in local and global space (2008, methodology): “Following the functional approach to innovation, Malmberg and Maskell ( 2006 ) suggest two functional roles of the local space in innovation.”
Place-based innovation policy for industrial diversification in regions (2018, background): “As regards networks, systemic approaches to innovation and entrepreneurship highlight the importance of localized learning (Malmberg & Maskell, 2006) both within sectors as well as across sectors.”
Substitution or Overlap? The Relations between Geographical and Non-spatial Proximity Dimensions in Collaborative Innovation Projects (2015, background): “According to this view, geographical proximity is not a necessity in collaborations between actors, but it is maintained that geographical proximity has a positive impact on developing non-spatial forms of proximity (MALMBERG and MASKELL, 2006).”
Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “In fact, many scholars have argued that it is primarily the regional (or, more generally, sub-national) level which is the most relevant in order to understand the process of innovation and, concomitantly, technological change and advancement in the economy (e.g. Howells, 1999; Tödtling and Kaufmann”
Italian industrial districts as cognitive systems: Are they still reproducible? (2011, background): “Some of them have underlined that the survival of the cluster form in the global competitive scenario requires a greater degree of cognitive openness of these systems, or rather the development of local–global interfaces (Becattini and Rullani 1996 ; Bathelt, Malmberg, and Maskell 2004 ; Malmberg ”
Networks, Propinquity, and Innovation in Knowledge-intensive Industries (2009, background): “Moreover, Malmberg and Maskell (2006) and Bathelt, Malmberg, and Maskell (2004) have suggested that there are qualitative differences between local and global networks and their modes of interaction.”
Comparing knowledge bases: on the geography and organization of knowledge sourcing in the regional innovation system of Scania, Sweden (2013, background): “These interactions do not take place randomly over space, but tend to occur within predominantly, but not exclusively, localized networks of actors (Malmberg and Maskell, 2006).”
Myopia, knowledge development and cluster evolution (2007, background): “The pandemic diffusion of the concept has made it increasingly vague and indeed fuzzy (Malmberg and Maskell, 2002; Malmberg and Power, 2006; Maskell and Kebir, 2006).”
Local niche experimentation in energy transitions: a theoretical and empirical exploration of proximity advantages and disadvantages (2010, background): “According to Malmberg and Maskell (2006) the knowledge base and institutional set-up are those resources that are least sensitive to this ubiquification process.”
What drives patent performance of German biotech firms? The impact of R&D subsidies, knowledge networks and their location (2011, background): “The positive effect of clusters on innovation activities mainly result from localised learning process (Malmberg and Maskell 2006).”