Skills and the formation of global innovation networks: a balancing act

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dc.date.accessioned 2012-10-23 en
dc.date.accessioned 2023-06-21T13:06:49Z
dc.date.available 2023-06-21T13:06:49Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3263
dc.description.abstract In seeking to understand the linkages between skill development and the formation of global innovation networks (GINs), we develop an analytical framework that incorporates concepts of dynamic upgrading with the distinction between centripetal and centrifugal forces that act to expand or contract these networks. Using a multiple case-study analysis methodology, we find that on the whole innovation follows skills, which act as a centrifugal force distributing innovation around the globe. Our cases also reveal that this general pattern overlays many other influential factors at the macro, meso, and micro levels, including factors related to skill availability, market characteristics, sectoral characteristics, policy contexts, and microlevel determinants. While these factors are influential, in principle, in shaping GINs, within each individual network, there is a unique and complex interaction between particular sets of forces. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject INNOVATION en
dc.subject SKILLS DEVELOPMENT en
dc.title Skills and the formation of global innovation networks: a balancing act en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 2(2) en
dc.BudgetYear 2012/13 en
dc.ResearchGroup Education and Skills Development en
dc.SourceTitle Innovation and Development en
dc.ArchiveNumber 7416 en
dc.PageNumber 303-323 en
dc.outputnumber 6068 en
dc.bibliographictitle Gastrow, M. & Kruss, G. (2012) Skills and the formation of global innovation networks: a balancing act. Innovation and Development. 2(2):303-323. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3263 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3263 en
dc.publicationyear 2012 en
dc.contributor.author1 Gastrow, M. en
dc.contributor.author2 Kruss, G. en


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