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Human Geography

Ola Jonsson

Senior lecturer

Human Geography

Innovation processes and proximity: The case of IDEON firms in Lund, Sweden

Author

  • Ola Jonsson

Summary, in English

Increasing pressure on innovativeness and collaboration is supposed to strengthen the importance of geographical proximity in innovation systems. But simultaneously there are;globalization forces' and information and communication technology (ICT) developments that stress wider contexts and different dependencies to place and distance. With case studies of innovative firms at IDEON Science Park in Lund, the article presents analyses of the importance of proximity, related to the kind of knowledge and collaborative arrangements involved in innovation processes. Scope for 'untraded interdependencies' is discussed as well as the possible ICT impact of these collaborative relations. Argument for a three tier innovation system is put forward and its implications for regional innovation strategies are, concludingly, discussed.

Department/s

  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

705-722

Publication/Series

European Planning Studies

Volume

10

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Human Geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1469-5944