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On the Link between Urban Location and the Involvement of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Firms in Collaboration Networks

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  • Sverre J. Herstad
  • Bernd Ebersberger

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H erstad S. J. and E bersberger B. On the link between urban location and the involvement of knowledge-intensive business services firms in collaboration networks, Regional Studies . Knowledge-intensive business services firms can play a key role in modern economies by linking localized collaboration networks to global knowledge flows, and by actively serving in support of knowledge diffusion across institutional and sectoral divides. The extent to which they do is dependent on the resources available locally. This paper uses the unique establishment-level innovation data available in Norway to investigate whether location in urban labour market regions influences the geographical scope of collaborative linkages maintained within and outside the realm of clients. It proceeds to consider whether the diversity of partner types used locally, domestically and abroad differ between locations.

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  • Sverre J. Herstad & Bernd Ebersberger, 2015. "On the Link between Urban Location and the Involvement of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Firms in Collaboration Networks," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(7), pages 1160-1175, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:49:y:2015:i:7:p:1160-1175
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.816413
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    1. Sverre J Herstad, 2018. "Innovation strategy choices in the urban economy," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(6), pages 1185-1202, May.
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    6. Belitski, Maksim & Aginskaja, Anna & Marozau, Radzivon, 2019. "Commercializing university research in transition economies: Technology transfer offices or direct industrial funding?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(3), pages 601-615.
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    8. Grillitsch, Markus & Chaminade, Cristina, 2016. "Does institutional diversity promote global innovation networks?," Papers in Innovation Studies 2016/6, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
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    11. Sverre J Herstad & Marte CW Solheim & Marit Engen, 2019. "Learning through urban labour pools: Collected worker experiences and innovation in services," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(8), pages 1720-1740, November.
    12. Bjorn T. ASHEIM & Sverre J. HERSTAD, 2021. "Regional innovation strategy for resilience and transformative industrial path development: evolutionary theoretical perspectives on innovation policy," Eastern Journal of European Studies, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, vol. 12, pages 43-75, August.
    13. Sverre J. Herstad & Tore Sandven, 2020. "A closer look at the relationship between innovation and employment growth at the firm level," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 375-399, April.
    14. Sverre J. Herstad & Marte C. W. Solheim & Marit Engen, 2021. "Collected worker experiences, knowledge management practices and service innovation in urban Norway," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(6), pages 1501-1525, December.
    15. Robert Huggins & Daniel Prokop & Piers Thompson, 2020. "Universities and open innovation: the determinants of network centrality," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 45(3), pages 718-757, June.
    16. Martin, Roman & Wiig Aslesen, Heidi & Grillitsch, Markus & Herstad, Sverre, 2017. "Regional Innovation Systems and Global Flows of Knowledge," Papers in Innovation Studies 2017/7, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    17. Qin Ye & Xiaolei Xu, 2021. "Determining factors of cities’ centrality in the interregional innovation networks of China’s biomedical industry," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(4), pages 2801-2819, April.
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