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Radical innovation in Marshallian industrial districts

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  • Jose-Luis Hervás-Oliver
  • Jose Albors-Garrigos
  • Sofia Estelles-Miguel
  • Carles Boronat-Moll

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Radical innovation is under-researched in the geography of innovation. In this paper, the focus is on understanding how radical innovations occur in Marshallian industrial districts (MIDs), a phenomenon mostly overlooked. Using an exploratory and in-depth longitudinal case study methodology in two European MIDs, this paper analyzes radical innovation in MIDs and finds that the introduction of technology-distant knowledge and new firms from different (to the focal) industries are both necessary mechanisms, but not sufficient. Access to leading incumbents’ networks, based on social norms, becomes a crucial social factor necessary for radical innovation to occur in MIDs.

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  • Jose-Luis Hervás-Oliver & Jose Albors-Garrigos & Sofia Estelles-Miguel & Carles Boronat-Moll, 2018. "Radical innovation in Marshallian industrial districts," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(10), pages 1388-1397, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:52:y:2018:i:10:p:1388-1397
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2017.1390311
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