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Innovative culture in district innovation systems of European ceramics SMEs

2017

We need to understand the dynamics of current local production systems in the form of industrial districts and, particularly, how culture and innovation are interlinked. In this paper, we argue that the district innovation system approach, which covers the innovation systems and industrial district literatures, provides a set of ideas useful for understanding the role of culture in innovation in industrial districts. We study the role of innovation culture in two of the most important European ceramics industrial districts in Italy and Spain. Specifically, we analyse how, within a given district system, the innovation culture, networks and social structure, and their inter-relations, influe…

05 social sciencesGeography Planning and DevelopmentCultureInnovation managementEconomía AplicadaInnovation systemIndustrial districtInnovative culture0502 economics and businessProduction (economics)BusinessEconomic geographyDistrict innovation system050207 economicsMarketingInnovation050203 business & managementEuropean ceramic tile industry
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How does diversity affect district innovation systems?Findings from a comparative study of european ceramics

2018

This research applies Nelson’s (1993) primary typology of enterprises to understand why the propensity for innovation varies across ceramics district innovation systems in Europe. We use innovation systems and industrial district theories to explore the innovation capacity of the two most important ceramic tile industrial districts in Europe—Emilia Romagna in Italy and Castellon in Spain. Our analysis shows that, in both districts, innovation plays a decisive role in allowing companies to maintain competitiveness in a globalizing market. However, by comparing the composition of their district innovation systems, our analysis shows that: (i) although levels of competition in both districts a…

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