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Unions, Innovation and Scale

In: Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

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  • Tod D. Rutherford

    (Syracuse University)

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In the following paper, I explore the role of unions in workplace and regional innovation. I link this to the learning region or cluster approach which stresses learning through interaction and its facilitation by social capital. While these approaches are insightful, it is less focused on internal firm organization (see Martin and Sunley, 2002) and in particular, how labor-management relations play a critical role in firm learning and innovation strategies. The literature on unions and innovation has two principal approaches. The first is an equity oriented and industrial relations literature, which finds positive associations between unions and innovation (Freeman and Medoff, 1984; Eaton and Voos, 1992). The second is econometric research, which is generally more mixed in its findings of union impacts on innovation (see Menezes-Filho, 1998; Addison and Hirsch 1989).

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  • Tod D. Rutherford, 2003. "Unions, Innovation and Scale," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Johannes Bröcker & Dirk Dohse & Rüdiger Soltwedel (ed.), Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition, chapter 13, pages 272-292, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-540-24760-9_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24760-9_13
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