A theoretical model of values and behaviors that shape technology region emergence in developing contexts

Brett Anitra Gilbert (), Yuanyuan Li (), Andres Velez-Calle () and Marcus Crews ()
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Brett Anitra Gilbert: American University
Yuanyuan Li: Rutgers University
Andres Velez-Calle: Universidad EAFIT
Marcus Crews: Rutgers University

Small Business Economics, 2020, vol. 55, issue 1, No 9, 179-191

Abstract: Abstract The research on emerging cluster regions often focuses on infrastructure that is needed to create these regions at the macro-economic level, with minimal consideration of the micro-level human factors that drive these regions. In this study, we develop a theoretical model of micro-level behaviors—that is individual level—that are needed within regions to produce the knowledge, entrepreneurial, and market making functions of innovation systems. Our core argument is that it is through a critical mass of individuals with these behaviors, that an innovation system that supports technology regions will emerge.

Keywords: Innovation systems; Micro-behaviors; Region emergence; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O10 O30 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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