Social networks as factors for innovations

doktorska disertacija

Victor Cepoi (Author), Borut Rončević (Mentor), Tea Golob (Co-mentor)

Abstract

In the new local-global interconnection, nation states are losing their influence and legitimacy, while economic and cultural transformations are reconfiguring spatial formations. Going in line with the global trends, regions grasp more importance in shaping the political, economic and social environments. As a result, the regional level has an important role in creating a proper socio-economic framework for innovation development, which is considered one the engines of development. Relying on the theory of Social fields, the research considers three social forces (networks, institutions, and cognitive frames) as an alternative explanation for innovation processes, by encompassing the aspects of different social fields on the regional level. Consequently, within this dissertation we approach regional innovation systems as an analytical unit for exploring innovation performance of a regional environment. As case studies, we selected seven regions with different levels of innovation performance. The analysis of the semi-structured interviews and the Qualitative Comparative Analysis emphasized the social forces are a special component for explaining innovation processes in the selected case studies. Nonetheless, the results offer insights for regional mechanisms within the innovation performance with the focus on an approach toward innovation that is beyond simple economics.

Keywords

Regional Systems of Innovations;Networks;Social Field;Social Forces;Qualitative Comparative analysis;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2018
Typology:	2.08 - Doctoral Dissertation
Organization:	FUDŠ - School of advanced social studies
Publisher:	[V. Cepoi]
UDC:	001.895:316.4(043.3)
COBISS:	1024779585
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Družbena omrežja kot dejavnik inovacij
Secondary abstract:	V novi lokalno-globalni medsebojni povezavi nacionalne države izgubljajo svoj vpliv in legitimnost, medtem ko gospodarske in kulturne transformacije preoblikujejo prostorske formacije. V koraku z globalnimi trendi regije večji pomen posvečajo oblikovanju političnega, gospodarskega in socialnega okolja. Posledično ima regionalna raven pomembno vlogo pri oblikovanju ustreznega socialno-ekonomskega okvira za razvoj inovacij, ki velja za enega od gonil razvoja. Z ozirom na teorijo družbenih polj raziskava upošteva medsebojno prepletanje treh družbenih sil (mreže, institucije in kognitivne okvire) pri alternativni razlagi inovacijskih procesov, tako da zajema vidike različnih družbenih polj na regionalni ravni. Posledično se v okviru te disertacije lotevamo regionalnih inovacijskih sistemov kot analitične enote za raziskovanje inovacijske uspešnosti regionalnega okolja. Kot študije primerov smo izbrali sedem regij z različnimi stopnjami inovacijske uspešnosti. Analiza polstrukturiranih intervjujev in kvalitativna primerjalna analiza kažeta, da so družbene sile posebna komponenta za razlago inovacijskih procesov v izbranih študijah primerov. Rezultati ponujajo vpoglede v regionalne mehanizme v okviru inovacijske uspešnosti, s poudarkom na pristopu k inovaciji, ki presega preprosto ekonomijo.
Secondary keywords:	regionalni sistemi inovacij;mreže;družbeno polje;družbene sile;kvalitativna primerjalna analiza;
Type (COBISS):	Doctoral dissertation
Thesis comment:	Fak. za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici
Source comment:	Na ov.: Doktorska disertacija;
Pages:	172 str., [14] str. pril.
ID:	11410064