Sources of Regional Resilience in the Danish ICT Sector

In this paper the use of the term “resilience” is discussed and a definition for use in quantitative studies of industrial evolution is suggested. Resilience is the ability of an industry in a region to exploit the possibilities arising from external events and adapt to thrive under new selection environments. An econometric analysis is undertaken to uncover the effects of the change in selection environment that the ICT industry faced from the burst of the ICT bubble in the year 2000. It is shown that some characteristics of regional industry structure are associated with growth over the whole period while other characteristics have varying effects pre and post burst. Special attention is given to the responsiveness of growth to the evolution of sales of ICT goods and services in Denmark and it is found that the industry structures that restrain growth also are the ones, which make the regional industry better able to exploit changes in sales at the national level.Resilience; Business cycle; ICT sector; Regional growth

Workplace diversity and innovation performance: current state of affairs and future directions

Over the last 10 years, there has been a growing interest in diversity in human capital. Fueled by the business case for diversity, there is an increasing interest in understanding how the combination of people with different backgrounds fosters the innovation performance of firms. Studies have measured diversity on a wide range of personal-level characteristics, at different levels of the organization, and in particular kinds of settings. Innovation performance has been measured using an arsenal of indicators, often drawing on a large range of databases. This paper takes stock of this research, identifying the current state of affairs and proposing future research trajectories in the field of diversity and innovatio

Exploring determinants of firms’ collaboration with specific universities:Employee-driven relations and geographical proximity

<p>Exploring determinants of firms’ collaboration with specific universities: employee-driven relations and geographical proximity. <i>Regional Studies</i>. This analysis of the determinants of firms’ collaboration on innovation with specific universities assesses both the separate and the overlapping importance of geographical proximity and employee-driven relations for collaboration. It is argued that social, cognitive and functional dimensions of employee-driven relations can help firms to overcome geographical distance. Based on a sample of 2301 innovative firms in Denmark, the study demonstrates that employee-driven relations (measured by employees’ and top managers’ place of education and scientific discipline) strongly influence the likelihood that firms will collaborate with specific universities. The study confirms the existence of separate and overlapping effects of employee-driven relations and geographical proximity.</p