Prof. David Doloreux , Chair on innovation and regional development, HEC Montréal/Canada
Programm und Ablauf des Seminars
25. - 29.11.2024 jeweils von 16:00-19:00 Uhr
- Session (25. November 2024):
Laying the foundations: A geographical approach to innovation
The first seminar topic serves as a general introduction to the seminar and its key themes. It explores how we conceptualize innovation in geographical terms and examines the evolution of the geography of innovation as a discipline over time.
Readings:- Coenen, L., & Morgan, K. (2020). Evolving geographies of innovation: existing paradigms, critiques and possible alternatives. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography, 74(1), 13-24.
- McCann, P., & Ortega-Argilés, R. (2016). Regional innovation, R & D and knowledge spillovers: the role played by geographical and non-geographical factors. In Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Session (26. November 2024):
Territorial innovation models
The second seminar topic explores territorial innovation models, aiming to discuss new approaches to the geographical dimension of innovation. It provides a critical review of models such as clusters, regional innovation systems, and learning regions. The focus is on the localized (and diffused) dynamics of industrial agglomerations for knowledge exchange, interactive learning, and governance processes that support these dynamics.
Readings:- Doloreux, D., de la Puerta, J. G., Pastor-López, I., Gómez, I. P., Sanz, B., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2019). Territorial innovation models: to be or not to be, that’s the question. Scientometrics, 120(3), 1163-1191.
- Martin, R., & Sunley, P. (2003). Deconstructing clusters: chaotic concept or policy panacea?. Journal of economic geography, 3(1), 5-35.
- Session (27. November 2024):
Innovation in space: Territorial patterns of innovation
The third seminar topic explores the relationship between innovation and cities, focusing on how agglomeration economies support urban markets, assets, networks, and institutions that facilitate innovation. The core questions address the role cities play in the innovation process and why successful innovation activities predominantly occur in large cities. The discussion then extends beyond cities, challenging the assumption that innovation does not happen elsewhere, and examines how innovation operates in remote and peripheral areas.
Readings:- Florida, R., Adler, P., & Mellander, C. (2017). The city as innovation machine. Regional Studies, 51(1), 86-96.
- Glückler, J., Shearmur, R., & Martinus, K. (2023). Liability or opportunity? Reconceptualizing the periphery and its role in innovation. Journal of Economic Geography, 23(1), 231-249.
- Session (28. November 2024):
A micro-geographical approach to innovation
The fourth seminar topic addresses a research stream long established in geography, now gaining attention in the innovation literature, which focuses on the distribution of economic activities within cities. It emphasizes the role of neighborhood-level mechanisms in shaping innovation processes. Neighborhoods, as localized areas within cities, can organize entrepreneurship and innovation into dense, compact micro-clusters, fostering inter-
organizational relationships and facilitating interactions with a diverse array of agents.
Readings:- Adler, P., Florida, R., King, K., & Mellander, C. (2019). The city and high-tech startups: The spatial organization of Schumpeterian entrepreneurship. Cities, 87, 121-130.
- Matsiuk, N., Doloreux, D., & Shearmur, R. (2024). Beyond “buzz”: knowledge interactions, innovation, and neighborhood characteristics. Journal of Economic Geography, lbae026.
- Session (29. November 2024):
Innovation and regional development policy in Canada
The fifth seminar topic explores the relationship between policy and innovation-led territorial growth, emphasizing key narratives in promoting regional economic development. Canada's Ocean Supercluster initiative is used as an illustration to examine how this initiative can be understood as a regional development strategy, driven by a coherent rationale for regional intervention.
Readings:- Kristensen, I., Shearmur, R., & Doloreux, D. (2023). Comparing innovation strategies: Canada's Ocean Supercluster and Europe's Smart Specialisation initiatives. Canadian Public Administration, 66(3), 285-302.
