Regional Development in the Knowledge-Based Economy: The Construction of Advantage

By Philip Cooke, Loet Leydesdorff. 2009

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In this introduction the editors showcase the papers by way of a structured project and seek to clarify the two key concepts cited in the title. We consider the history of the idea that knowledge is an economic factor, and discuss the question of whether regions provide the relevant system of reference for knowledge-based economic development. Current transformations in university-industry-government relations at various levels can be considered as a metamorphosis in industry organization. The concept of constructed advantage will be elaborated. The various papers arising from a conference on this subject hosted by Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada are approached from this perspective.

Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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Measuring the knowledge base of an economy in terms of triple-helix relations among 'technology, organization, and territory' (2004, neutral): “URL: http://www.leydesdorff.net.”
The determinants of regional specialisation in business services: agglomeration economies, vertical linkages and innovation (2015, background): “First, we are interested in the regional spatial level of aggregation as we aim to contribute to the literature on the ‘construction of a regional advantage’ (Cooke and Leydesdorff, 2006).”
To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms (2007, background): “It is crucial to underline the fact that digital knowledge systems are a useful secondary adjunct to a variety of elements of constructed advantage adumbrated by De la Mothe and Mallory (2003) and elaborated upon by Cooke and Leydesdorff (2006) , as follows: • ”
Urban Hierarchy or Local Buzz? High-Order Producer Service and (or) Knowledge-Intensive Business Service Location in Canada, 1991–2001 (2008, background): “From this perspective, producer services are key vectors of information procurement and exchange: Innovation and growth in manufacturing (and other) companies is linked to their access to, and use of, producer services (MacPherson 1997; Cooke and Leydesdorff 2006).”
Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “It has become commonplace to argue that in the contemporary “knowledge-based economy” (e.g. Cooke and Leydesdorff, 2006; OECD, 1996), characterized by both accelerating pace of change and increasing complexity and uncertainty, the ability of firms to adapt in their external environment and to…”
Universities and Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) as Sources of Knowledge for Innovative Firms in Peripheral Regions (2015, background): “The literature also underlines the importance of KIBS as key components of local innovation systems (COOKE and LEYDESDORFF, 2006), often acting as knowledge mediators (ASLESEN and ISAKSEN, 2010).”
Contrasting Entrepreneurial Economic Development in Emerging Latin American Economies: Applications and Extensions of Resource-Based Theory (2007, background): “…and Western Europe (e.g., Busenitz, Gomez, & Spencer, 2000; Cooke, 2001; Davidsson, 1995), or with respect to technology firms and cluster development (e.g., Cooke & Leydesdorff, 2006; Laukkanen, 2000), where the infrastructures and national economies have the capability of supporting such efforts.”
Mapping Knowledge Space and Technological Relatedness in US Cities (2013, background): “For advanced, industrialized economies, these risks are even greater because the separation of design and manufacturing tasks within the global economy means that places of imagination are rarely the same as places of production and thus, for most, the key to long-run competitive advantage is though”
Triple Helix indicators of knowledge-based innovation systems, Research Policy (forthcoming) (2006, background): “A specific combination of local institutions and the knowledge-production function (e.g., in Silicon Valley) may be sufficiently complex to counter this deindustrialization threat with further innovations (Nowak & Grantham, 2000; Etzkowitz & Klofsten, 2005; Cooke & Leydesdorff, 2006).”
The Triple Helix, Quadruple Helix, …, and an N-Tuple of Helices: Explanatory Models for Analyzing the Knowledge-Based Economy? (2010, background): “The construction of specific advantages and the retention of wealth from these advantages is a policy objective more relevant than, and different from, the sustainability of an assumed system ([12]; cf.”