NDLI: User-Producer Dialogue, Workplace Innovation, and Knowledge in a Regional Innovation System

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Author	Svare, Helge
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	This study aims at creating new knowledge about the connections between regional innovation systems, the enterprises they enclose, and their individual employees in order to better understand the enterprises’ innovation processes. A particular focus is directed at the interaction of these employees both within their own enterprises and with individuals and institutions outside them, along with the types of knowledge being involved, and their function in the innovation process. Two research questions are posed: (1) What sort of interaction takes place between individuals inside and outside of an SME when it innovates, within the context of an RIS? and (2) What types of knowledge are involved in this interaction, how are they developed and shared, and what is their function in the innovation process? The study is designed as a qualitative, explorative case study of nine small- and medium-sized enterprises in a Norwegian region. Interaction with customers was identified as the most significant form of interaction driving innovation, and practical knowledge was judged more important than scientific knowledge. This practical knowledge, moreover, was seen as comprising not only production skills but also the practical lifeworld knowledge of customers, and cooperative skills. In addition, a high degree of employee participation in workfloor decisions was judged to promote the innovation process. The paper argues for a revision of the notion of a regional innovation system that takes greater account of these dimensions. Four implications for policy are emphasized: (1) stimulating user-producer interaction within a regional innovation system, (2) involving the right employee groups, (3) utilizing the full potential of various types of practical knowledge, and (4) promoting employee participation within enterprises.
Starting Page	565
Ending Page	586
Page Count	22
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18687865
Journal	Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18687873
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-11-30
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Regional innovation systems Knowledge Skills Dialogue Work organization Economic Policy R & D/Technology Policy Entrepreneurship
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics

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