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Global knowledge sourcing in thick and diversified RIS: case studies in Oslo, Malmø and Beijing

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  • Heidi Wiig
  • Ju Liu
  • Elena Zukauskaite

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There is an increased need of understanding organizational and institutional underpinnings of firms’ global knowledge search. This paper addresses thick and diversified RIS in two different territorial contexts and explores firms’ use of physical and virtual space in their search of innovation relevant knowledge. Through interviews with ICT and new media SMEs from Scandinavia (Oslo, Malmö) and Beijing, findings show that low-cost and virtual search space is very important for innovation; furthermore, regional, global and virtual space co-evolve and mutually reinforce each other. Global search strategies differ between the two contexts, emphasizing the importance of a regional institutional-organizational framing supporting trust, collaboration and motivation for global search. In order to reap the benefits of the regional-global-virtual dynamics, being thick and diversified is not enough to have global reach and attractiveness.

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  • Heidi Wiig & Ju Liu & Elena Zukauskaite, 2021. "Global knowledge sourcing in thick and diversified RIS: case studies in Oslo, Malmø and Beijing," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(8), pages 1476-1494, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:29:y:2021:i:8:p:1476-1494
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2020.1849033
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    1. Shuaijun Xue & Robert Hassink, 2021. "Combinatorial knowledge bases, proximity and agency across space: the case of the high-end medical device industry in Shanghai," PEGIS geo-disc-2021_04, Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.

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