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Understanding and learning from an evolving geography of innovation

In: Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation

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  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
  • Callum Wilkie

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According to prevailing theories of agglomeration, location and innovation, innovative capacity and innovative activity are predisposed to concentrating in the ‘economic cores’ of the world. This would ultimately result in the emergence of a geography of innovation characterized by spatial imbalances and a distinct ‘urban’ or ‘city bias’. Some empirical evidence from both the developed and developing world would seem to validate this expectation – many core cities host a disproportionately large amount of innovative activity. There is also, however, growing empirical evidence indicating that spatial patterns of innovation are evolving and that, as a consequence, a more nuanced view of the geography of innovation would be necessary. The aim of the chapter is to explore the subtly evolving geography of innovation from both a theoretical perspective as well as an empirical one. More specifically, the chapter reviews the various theories that predict the concentration of innovation in large, core cities by exploring, using patent data, the spatial patterns of innovation in five developed and emerging countries. The chapter provides first order insights into the way in which the global geography of innovation is changing, and offers an interpretation and explanation for this evolving geography of innovation that feeds directly into a discussion of the policy implications associated with the gradual spatial dispersion of knowledge-intensive, innovative activity.

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  • Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Callum Wilkie, 2016. "Understanding and learning from an evolving geography of innovation," Chapters, in: Richard Shearmu & Christophe Carrincazeaux & David Doloreux (ed.), Handbook on the Geographies of Innovation, chapter 3, pages 63-87, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Duygan, Mert & Fischer, Manuel & Ingold, Karin, 2023. "Assessing the readiness of municipalities for digital process innovation," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

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