Abstract
Based on the evolution of National, Regional, Sectoral and Technological Innovation Systems concepts, a conceptual framework is proposed to explain the configuration and coordination of innovation networks through an induction process. The networks may better cope with the growing complexity in innovation processes by promoting a more finetuning articulation between the innovation systems’ elements. The Induced Innovation Network suggested by the article is particularly relevant in less matured Innovation Systems. The framework proposed is illustrated with the case of the PETRO-RS Network, a multi-sectoral innovation network located in the South of Brazil.
Highlights
As technological development and globalization grow more important, firms’ internal needs to absorb and apply new knowledge increase
After defining Innovation Systems (National, Regional, Sectoral and Technological), a question arises: which approach would be indicated to study the case of a subsystem characterized by a set of actors that include firms from various sectors located in a specific region and interacting to gain competitiveness through various innovation projects and various cooperative market efforts focusing one global industry as oil and gas industry?
One of the benefits of this article was advancing the conceptual distinction between the different innovation systems and innovation networks, stressing the interdependence and complementary nature between them
Summary
As technological development and globalization grow more important, firms’ internal needs to absorb and apply new knowledge increase. After defining Innovation Systems (National, Regional, Sectoral and Technological), a question arises: which approach (or approaches) would be indicated to study the case of a subsystem characterized by a set of actors that include firms from various sectors located in a specific region and interacting to gain competitiveness through various innovation projects and various cooperative market efforts focusing one global industry as oil and gas industry?. As they become a mechanism for innovation diffusion through collaboration and interaction, innovation networks emerge as a new form of organization directed towards knowledge production They present three key implications (Kuppers et Pyka, 2002): (i) they constitute a coordination device that both enables and supports intercompany learning; (ii) they permit the exploitation of complementarities, which is essential to dominate technological solutions characterized by the complexity and diversity of knowledge areas involved; (iii) they constitute an organizational (or inter-organizational) environment that makes it possible the exploitation of synergies by bringing together different technological competences. The Induced Innovation Network coordinates the Innovation Systems’ actors both to specific innovation projects, involving two or more actors, and in actions of a broader collective interest such as market prospects, representation towards other IS actors that are external to the network (including potential clients with a high purchase power), organization of events, qualification of human resources, technical-commercial missions and marketing
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