Radical innovation in Marshallian industrial districts

Jose-Luis Hervás-Oliver, Jose Albors-Garrigos, Sofia Estelles-Miguel and Carles Boronat-Moll

Regional Studies, 2018, vol. 52, issue 10, 1388-1397

Abstract: Radical innovation is under-researched in the geography of innovation. In this paper, the focus is on understanding how radical innovations occur in Marshallian industrial districts (MIDs), a phenomenon mostly overlooked. Using an exploratory and in-depth longitudinal case study methodology in two European MIDs, this paper analyzes radical innovation in MIDs and finds that the introduction of technology-distant knowledge and new firms from different (to the focal) industries are both necessary mechanisms, but not sufficient. Access to leading incumbents’ networks, based on social norms, becomes a crucial social factor necessary for radical innovation to occur in MIDs.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2017.1390311

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