Identity, Collaboration and Radical Innovation: The Role of Dual Organisation Identification

This paper explores the nature of the relationship between identity and the radical innovation process in the case of the Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster (SSPC). Antecedents and consequences of identification with the SSPC and the transitioning of identify from an organizational orientation to a dual organisation identity are discussed. We demonstrate that organizational identity can represent a substantial barrier to collaborating for radical innovation, and explicate how identity shifts can smooth the transition from competitor to collaborator. This study illustrates that opportunities were created through leveraging affinity to provide an environment conducive to radical innovation where members could interact, explore and collaborate

Subsidiary roles as determinants of subsidiary technology sourcing: empirical evidence from China

Emerging economies have become new destinations for knowledge sourcing, forcing Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to reconfigure their global innovation strategies and structure. While foreign subsidiaries located in emerging economies were conventionally viewed as having market or efficiency seeking roles, they have started to evolve towards knowledge-seeking roles. We argue that the conventional wisdom shall be reassessed considering this recent shift. We empirically investigate 129 manufacturing MNE subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies in China, in terms of their roles and sources of technology. Our results indicate that market and knowledge seeking subsidiaries located in China tend to have a positive impact on the generation of new knowledge, either through locally established MNE R&D laboratories or through collaborations with local firms and scientific institutions

Revisiting the 'Informational City': Space of Flows, Polycentricity and the Geography of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in the Emerging Global City-Region of Dublin

Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. and Williams B. Revisiting the 'informational city': space of flows, polycentricity and the geography of knowledge-intensive business services in the emerging global city-region of Dublin, Regional Studies. The paper engages with the notion that the new spatial logic, underpinned by information and communication technology (ICT) and the 'space of flows', manifests itself in the form of 'informational cities' described as multinuclear spatial structures or polycentric city-regions in the knowledge-based economy. Focusing on the geography of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), the paper argues that there is little evidence of such polycentric pattern emerging within the Greater Dublin Region, Ireland. The exploration of factors underpinning weak decentralization tendencies of KIBS opens for reconsideration the concept of the 'informational city'. [image omitted] Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. et Williams B. Revisiter la cite de l'information: espace de flux, polycentricite et geographie des secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle aux entreprises bases sur la connaissance dans la nouvelle ville-region de Dublin, Regional Studies. Cet article s'interesse au fait que la nouvelle logique spatiale, sous-tendue par les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) et les espaces de flux se manifeste sous la forme de cites de l'information decrites comme des structures spatiales a noyaux multiples ou de villes-regions polycentriques dans l'economie de la connaissance. S'appuyant essentiellement sur la geographie des secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle (KIBS), les auteurs font valoir qu'il y a peu de preuves de l'emergEnce de tels modeles polycentriques au sein du grand Dublin. L'analyse de facteurs confirmant de faibles tendances a la decentralisation des KIBS invite a reconsiderer le concept de cite de l'information. Secteurs a haute densite intellectuelle Polycentricite Ville-region Dublin Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. und Williams B. Neubewertung der 'Informationsstadt': Raum der Strome, Polyzentrizitat und die Geografie von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten in der entstehenden globalen Stadtregion von Dublin, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag befassen wir uns mit der Vorstellung, dass sich die neue raumliche Logik dank der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie und des 'Raums der Strome' in Form von 'Informationsstadten' manifestiert, die als multinukleare Raumstrukturen oder polyzentrische Stadtregionen in der wissensbasierten Wirtschaft beschrieben werden. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die Geografie von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten und argumentieren, dass innerhalb der Grossregion Dublin nur wenige Anzeichen fur das Entstehen solcher polyzentrischer Muster vorliegen. Die Untersuchung von Faktoren, die schwachen Dezentralisierungstendenzen von wissensintensiven Geschaftsdiensten zugrundeliegen, fuhrt zu einer Neubewertung des Konzepts der 'Informationsstadt'. Wissensintensive Geschaftsdienste Polyzentrizitat Stadtregion Dublin Sokol M., Van Egeraat C. y Williams B. Revision de la 'Ciudad Informativa': espacio de flujos, policentralidad y la geografia de los servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos en el area emergente y global de la region metropolitana de Dublin, Regional Studies. Este ensayo trata sobre la nocion de que la nueva logica espacial, respaldada por las tecnologias de la informacion y la comunicacion (TIC) y el 'espacio de flujos', se manifiesta en forma de 'ciudades informativas' descritas como estructuras multinucleares espaciales o regiones metropolitanas policentricas en la economia basada en el conocimiento. Centrandonos en la geografia de servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos, en este articulo sostenemos que existen pocas evidencias de este modelo policentrico en la region metropolitana de Dublin. El analisis de los factores detras de las tendencias debiles de descentralizacion de los servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos nos lleva a reconsiderar el concepto de la 'ciudad informativa'. Servicios comerciales con alto nivel de conocimientos Policentralidad Region metropolitana DublinKnowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), Polycentricity, City-region, Dublin,

The (im)possibility of interdisciplinarity: lessons from constructing a theoretical framework for digital ecosystems

This paper reflects critically on challenges and opportunities associated with developing a theoretical framework for an interdisciplinary Framework Programme 7 research project funded by the European Commission in the area of digital ecosystems. The paper first provides a description of the interdisciplinary structure of the research agenda of the project and the areas of digital ecosystem research prioritised by each discipline. Second, it discusses the challenging questions of epistemology that arose in the context of theorising interdisciplinary research and provides a summary of how these were dealt with in order to outline a theoretical framework for digital ecosystems research by the end of the project. Finally, it discusses the lessons that can be extrapolated from the project experience, arguing that it is impossible to develop a unified interdisciplinary theoretical framework due to irreconcilable epistemological differences, yet it is possible and very worthwhile for those adhering to various disciplinary perspectives to collaborate towards the achievement of a practical joint endeavour. These lessons, which are considered valuable to the broader research community, are summarised in a model of the (im)possibility of interdisciplinarity