31 results on '"Hassink, Robert"'
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2. On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany
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Hassink Robert, Plum Oliver, and Rickmers Arne
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regional innovation policy ,place-based approach ,knowledge bases ,fine-tuning ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies
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- 2014
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3. Regional foundations of energy transitions
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Coenen, Lars, Hansen, Teis, Glasmeier, Amy K, Hassink, Robert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Coenen, Lars, Hansen, Teis, Glasmeier, Amy K, and Hassink, Robert
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Due to a spatial turn in the socio-technical transition literature, the geography of energy transitions has recently been taken increasingly seriously, leading to burgeoning research output on regional energy transitions since early 2010. Amidst this wealth of publications, however, it can be difficult to keep track of its diverse and constantly evolving landscape. This editorial therefore aims at developing a framework that allows for bringing multiple approaches to regional energy transitions into conversation with each other and that helps to understand and explain the complexity of these interdependencies in ways that go beyond observing regional variety in energy transitions.
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- 2022
4. Regional Innovation Support Systems in South Korea and Germany Compared (Regionale Systeme zur Innovationsförderung in Südkorea und Deutschland im Vergleich)
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Hassink, Robert
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- 2004
5. Regional foundations of energy transitions
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Coenen, Lars, Hansen, Teis, Glasmeier, Amy, Hassink, Robert, Coenen, Lars, Hansen, Teis, Glasmeier, Amy, and Hassink, Robert
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Due to a spatial turn in the socio-Technical transition literature, the geography of energy transitions has recently been taken increasingly seriously, leading to burgeoning research output on regional energy transitions since early 2010. Amidst this wealth of publications, however, it can be difficult to keep track of its diverse and constantly evolving landscape. This editorial therefore aims at developing a framework that allows for bringing multiple approaches to regional energy transitions into conversation with each other and that helps to understand and explain the complexity of these interdependencies in ways that go beyond observing regional variety in energy transitions.
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- 2021
6. What Distinguishes 'Good' from 'Bad' Industrial Agglomerations? (Was unterscheidet 'gute' von 'schlechten' Industriedistrikten?)
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Hassink, Robert
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- 1997
7. Die Bedeutung der Lernenden Region für die regionale Innovationsförderung
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HASSINK, ROBERT
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- 1997
8. Moving beyond Anglo-American economic geography
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento - Institut de Gestió de la Innovació i del Coneixement, Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, Marques, Pedro, Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento - Institut de Gestió de la Innovació i del Coneixement, Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, and Marques, Pedro
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[EN] Over the last fifteen years, we have been observing an increasing fragmentation of economic geography, concerning both schools of thought, perspectives, paradigms, themes and the educational background of researchers. The poly-vocal character of economic geography includes a variety of language areas, a phenomenon so far unknown to a large part of Anglo-American economic geographers. Particularly in the literature about theories, perspectives and paradigms, the non-English speaking world is largely ignored as a basis for debate. Even worse, leading scholars in the field increasingly use the term Anglo-American economic geography to refer to the whole field, although they describe trends and theories in both general and authoritative terms. The aim of this paper is to move beyond Anglo-American economic geography by introducing and reviewing economic geography literature in some other main languages, namely Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese. The purpose of doing so is not merely to show that there is more than Anglo-American economic geography, but also to derive from these non-English voices insights in how to move to an integrative paradigm of a truly international economic geography.
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- 2019
9. Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks?: the case of Southern Italy
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Calignano, Giuseppe, Hassink, Robert, Calignano, Giuseppe, and Hassink, Robert
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Strengthening innovation capacity of European small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by means of their participation in the Sixth (FP6-SME) and Seventh (FP7-SME) Framework Programmes was an important objective of the European Union policies. Since SMEs form the backbone of the Italian economy, their strong presence in an international network such as the one fostered by the European Union represent a great opportunity, particularly for firms located in southern Italy -the marginal macro-area of the country in terms of innovation- to increase their competitiveness. Based on the major literature on topics such as knowledge exchange, innovation networks and disparities, and on descriptive statistics and a cluster analysis in a dynamic perspective, our study aimed to assess the actual intra-regional, extra-regional and transnational links established by the Italian SMEs and public research establishments (PREs). In a next step we aim at assessing if knowledge flows fostered by the FP6-SME and FP7-SME were mainly concentrated in the traditionally winning macro-regional areas (North and Centre) or led to more widespread benefits in favour of SMEs located in the marginal South. The findings of our study revealed a very limited number of connections -with a related weak knowledge exchange- involving the southern regions, implying a reinforcement of innovation activities in the traditionally most dynamic industrial areas of the country.
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- 2019
10. Moving beyond Anglo-American economic geography: authors’ response
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Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, Marques, Pedro, Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, and Marques, Pedro
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- 2019
11. Moving beyond Anglo-American economic geography
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Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, Marques, Pedro, Hassink, Robert, Gong, Huiwen, and Marques, Pedro
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Over the last fifteen years, we have been observing an increasing fragmentation of economic geography, concerning both schools of thought, perspectives, paradigms, themes and the educational background of researchers. The poly-vocal character of economic geography includes a variety of language areas, a phenomenon so far unknown to a large part of Anglo-American economic geographers. Particularly in the literature about theories, perspectives and paradigms, the non-English speaking world is largely ignored as a basis for debate. Even worse, leading scholars in the field increasingly use the term Anglo-American economic geography to refer to the whole field, although they describe trends and theories in both general and authoritative terms. The aim of this paper is to move beyond Anglo-American economic geography by introducing and reviewing economic geography literature in some other main languages, namely Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese. The purpose of doing so is not merely to show that there is more than Anglo-American economic geography, but also to derive from these non-English voices insights in how to move to an integrative paradigm of a truly international economic geography.
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- 2019
12. Creative industries from an evolutionary perspective: A critical literature review
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Berg, Su-Hyun and Hassink, Robert
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creative industries ,evolutionary economic geography ,creative industries, evolutionary economic geography, path dependence, related variety, co-evolution ,Ekonomisk geografi ,co-evolution ,Economic Geography - Abstract
Although creative industries have been popular as a research topic among social scientists from various backgrounds, most studies lack an evolutionary, history informed perspective. Since we regard this as an important deficit, we explore whether the notions of evolutionary economic geography can contribute to analyzing and explaining the spatial dynamics of creative industries, which has not been done yet in a systematic way. We conclude that it is particularly co-evolution that could potentially be an important notion to explain the spatial dynamics of creative industries in a comparative perspective.
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- 2014
13. Increasing innovativeness of SMEs in peripheral areas through international networks? The case of Southern Italy
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Calignano, Giuseppe, primary and Hassink, Robert, additional
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- 2016
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14. Emerging multinationals, international knowledge flows and economic geography: A research agenda
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Dohse, Dirk, Hassink, Robert, and Klaerding, Claudia
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Multinationales Unternehmen ,economic geography ,O33 ,Aufstrebende Märkte ,Industriestaaten ,Direktinvestition ,Wirtschaftsgeographie ,M16 ,Schwellenländer ,emerging multinationals ,ddc:330 ,international knowledge flows ,F21 ,F23 ,Wissenstransfer ,Schwellenländer-seitig - Abstract
One of the most significant changes in the global economy today is the strong increase in outgoing foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often motivated by the sourcing of natural resources and cheap labour, knowledge and technology-seeking is an increasingly important motive for emerging multinationals investing in developed economies. The current paper is focussed on the role of emerging multinationals as knowledge-transfer agents and pursues three aims: First, to unravel the distinguishing features of emerging multinationals (as compared to 'traditional' multinationals), secondly, to critically discuss the usefulness of conventional theoretical concepts in explaining this new phenomenon and thirdly, to launch a research agenda for near-future research on emerging multinationals, with a particular focus on the economic geography of international knowledge flows.
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- 2012
15. Wirtschaftsgeographie. Ökonomische Beziehungen in räumlicher Perspektive Harald Bathelt Johannes Glückler
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Hassink, Robert
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- 2004
16. Region und Industrie in Europa 1815—1995 Hubert Kiesewetter
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Hassink, Robert
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- 2002
17. Europäische Einflüsse auf die Raum- und Regionalentwicklung am Beispiel des Naturschutzes, der Agenda 2000 und des regionalen Milieus
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Hassink, Robert
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- 2001
18. What does Pokémon Go teach us about geography?
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Huiwen Gong, Hassink, Robert, and Maus, Gunnar
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POKEMON Go , *AUGMENTED reality , *VIDEO games , *MOBILE games , *GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
Pokémon Go, a highly popular, recently launched augmented-reality-based video game, fosters players' interaction with the real world. In this commentary we elaborate on how location-based games, such as Pokémon Go, have provided insights into the perception and understanding of space, as well as into their impact on patterns of mobility. In addition to that, we compare Pokémon Go with geocaching, another location-based game, to further elaborate on what Pokémon Go fails to do in terms of the practices of geographical exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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19. Knowledge bases, innovativeness and competitiveness in creative industries: the case of Hamburg’s video game developers
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Plum, Oliver, primary and Hassink, Robert, additional
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- 2014
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20. Successful European Regions: Northern Ireland Learning from Others Michael Dunford Ray Hudson
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Hassink, Robert
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- 1997
21. Bilanz eines Booms. Wirkungsanalyse von Technologie- und Gründerzentren in Deutschland. Ergebnisse aus 108 Zentren und 1021 Unternehmen Rolf Sternberg Heiko Behrendt Heike Seeger Christine Tamasy
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Hassink, Robert
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- 1997
22. Comparing knowledge networking in different knowledge bases in Germany*
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Plum, Oliver, primary and Hassink, Robert, additional
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- 2011
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23. On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany.
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Rickmers, Arne, Hassink, Robert, and Plum, Oliver
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KNOWLEDGE base , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovation policy , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *SMALL business , *EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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24. Regionale Innovationsförderung im Vergleich
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Hassink, Robert, primary
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- 1994
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25. Structure and agency in local path development: A comparative study of the online games industry in Shanghai and Hamburg
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Gong, Huiwen, Prof. Dr. Robert Hassink, Dr. Markus Grillitsch, Hassink, Robert, and Grillitsch, Markus
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doctoral thesis ,Abschlussarbeit ,Hamburg ,local path development ,agency ,Structure ,online games ,Shanghai ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,ddc:9XX ,ddc:910 - Abstract
The question of how industry develops differently in different regions is an interesting topic in economic geography. Scholars have contributed enormous knowledge concerning various relatedness, the role of multiple actors and their agencies, and regional industrial preconditions, in contributing to local industrial path development. However, our knowledge on the agency-structure relations present in local industrial development is limited, if not totally lacking, not mentioning how such relations influence the industrial development trajectories and ultimately the overall competitiveness of the local industry. Based on such reflections, this thesis aims to fill such an ‘agency-structure’ gap in local industrial development by looking at the developmental trajectories of one creative industry—online games industry, in two regions that belong to different countries (Shanghai in China and Hamburg in Germany). In both cases, all sorts of misalignments between the focal industry and the institutional frameworks (including both formal and informal institutional elements) could be observed during the industrial development processes. It is under such industry-institution misalignments that the agency and activities of multiple actors have been analyzed. By comparing the two trajectories in different institutional contexts, the research contributes to the literature in the following ways. First, this research gives due attention to the structural forces, such as the formal and informal institutional structures, that affect local industrial development. Secondly, it contributes to a nuanced analysis of agency in local industrial development, including innovative entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship and place leadership. Finally, it reveals the dynamic agency-structure relations, which serve as the causal mechanisms leading to different developmental outcomes in the games industry in the two selected cities.
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- 2019
26. Clustererneuerung : komplexe Prozesse in zwei Agrarmaschinenbauclustern Nordwestdeutschlands
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Santner, Dominik, Fornahl, Dirk, and Hassink, Robert
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anchoring ,agricultural engineering ,modes of innovation ,ddc:330 ,cluster renewal ,cluster life cycle ,330 Economics - Abstract
This cumulative thesis contributes to the recent discussion in evolutionary economic geography research (EEG) on how regional industrial clusters evolve over time. It identifies a research gap in the understanding of socio-technical cluster renewal processes in the recent EEG literature. To face this gap, it introduces two concepts that did not play a prominent role in the EEG literature so far, but that allow a better understanding of the role of industry-specific as well as cluster-external factors for cluster renewal: the modes of innovation concept as well as the literature on geographies of sustainability transitions. The developed theoretical expectations are investigated in two qualitative case studies on two agricultural engineering clusters of North-Western Germany that experienced socio-technical re-orientation in the early 21st century: the Osnabrück-based farm trailer and the Vechta-based stable technology industries.
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- 2017
27. Exploring Differentiated Economic Adaptation and Adaptability of Old Industrial Areas in Transitional China
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Hu, Xiaohui, Hassink, Robert, and Menzel, Max-Peter
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China ,Abschlussarbeit ,Resilience ,Evolutionary Economic Geography ,Old industrial areas ,Industrial Evolution ,Adaptability ,coal-mining ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,doctoral thesis ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,ddc:9XX ,ddc:910 - Abstract
My dissertation is concerned with uneven economic adaptation and adaptability of old industrial areas in an evolutionary and institutional, as well as a human agency perspective. There is a considerable literature in economic geography (EG), focusing on the role of firms and industry dynamics in affecting the evolution of old industrial areas (OIAs). However, little work has been done, both empirically and theoretically, on the role of state, multi-scalar institutions, politics and policies. Moreover, the majority of the re-search on the topic is very much based on single-case studies, whose evidence and knowledge is mainly derived from European and American contexts. Therefore, the key aim of the doctoral dissertation are to: 1) theoretically, integrate an institutional and geographical political economy perspective with the Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG) approach, in order to give a better understanding of the evolutionary processes and mechanisms of OIAs. And 2) empirically, to examine the nature of uneven regional economic evolution, based on an in-depth comparison of two coal-mining regions in a post-crisis and non-western context. My book pays more attention to how the state, more precisely, how the people within the state and state owned enterprises (SOEs) of OIAs, response and enact to changing environment for long-run industrial adaptation and adaptability. It does not simply focus on the micro behaviors of firms, states and people, but more on their embedded posi-tions and relationships of multi-scalar political-institutional frameworks and policy fields. The empirical research is based on in-depth case studies on two Chinese coal-mining re-gions (Zaozhuang in Shandong Province and Fuxin in Liaoning Province) both facing the ‘slow burn’ crisis of local coal resource exhaustion since 2000. The findings are mainly derived from a qualitative method of semi-structured interviews and evaluated by con-text analysis and statistical data description. In this book, first and foremost, the concepts of path dependence, path creation and lock-ins are critically examined. The empirical evidence suggests that the effects of lock-ins in Chinese contexts are more politically constituted, due to the Chinese-specific ad-ministrative hierarchy system among SOEs and governments. Despite strong industrial path dependence and negative regional lock-ins, new paths are not restricted to emerge. Based on the notion of path plasticity, I conclude that the Chinese local state and its state leaders in OIAs are aware of how to balance the interests among multi-scalar polit-ical economies, and of how to flexibly read and enact locally according to multi-scalar institutional and policy conditions for potential industrial change. Secondly, given the ubiquitous influences of state elites in China, the book takes a closer look at how state officials mold specific institutional environment for industrial dynamics. The notion of place leadership has been critically adopted in the Chinese authoritarian context. It well explains the micro-level dynamics and characteristics of people on the evolution of Chinese OIAs. The book finds that although Chinese state elites do have formal power to effectively make and implement fast economic decisions and policy-fix, local institutional change still critically calls for informal leadership, such as interpretive and network leadership. New paths might be created quickly by local state leaders. But, without forming solid new supporting institutions, they may not generate positive im-pact for long-term regional development. The most important contribution of the book is the comparison of two Chinese mining regions. A new conceptual framework on analyzing and understanding uneven resilience of regions has been developed. It is built upon an in-depth conceptualization that de-constructs the dualism idea between adaptation and adaptability. And it redefines them in an interactive, dialectical and evolutionary way. The comparative study in China high-lights the importance of multi-scalar institutions and national political economy change in coordinating the behaviors of firms, local states and, the micro dynamics of their con-stitutive human agents in OIAs. The historically conditioned political distance between localities and the central state is essential. It can help to fundamentally understand the differen-tiated resilience of China’s OIAs. It should be placed at the core to explore the question of why some regions in China are able to manage endogenous place-based development of economies, while others fail to do such but mostly at the mercy of exogenous forces and assets. In the end, this book provides new evidence that EEG needs to be integrated into other related paradigms in EG, when it comes to understand the complex restructuring of OIAs. Besides the theoretical contributions, the book also put several policy recommendations for future development of OIAs in China and beyond. Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit ungleicher ökonomischer Anpassung und Anpassungsfähigkeit altindustrieller Gebiete aus einer evolutionären, institutionellen und akteurszentrierten Perspektive. In der wirtschaftsgeographischen Literatur gibt es bereits zahlreiche Beiträge die sich mit den Rollen von Unternehmen und industriellen Dynamiken für den Aufstieg und Niedergang altindustrieller Gebiete befassen. Wenige Beiträge haben sich allerdings sowohl empirisch als auch konzeptionell mit den Einflüssen von Staaten, multiskalaren Institutionen oder unterschiedlichen Strategien und Politiken befasst. Zudem fokussiert der Großteil der bisherigen Arbeiten Einzelfälle in Europa oder Nordamerika. Daraus ergeben sich die zwei Hauptziele dieser Doktorarbeit. 1) Theoretisch werden eine institutionelle Perspektive und Ansätzen der Politischen Ökonomie mit der Evolutionären Wirtschaftsgeographie in Verbindung gebracht, um zu einem tieferen Verständnis evolutionärer Prozesse und Mechanismen in altindustriellen Gebieten zu kommen. 2) Empirisch werden Facetten ungleicher regionaler Wirtschaftsentwicklung am Beispiel zweier Kohlebergbaugebiete untersucht, die sich beide in einer Nachkrisensituation befinden und einem nicht-westlichen Kontext zugehören. Die Arbeit beleuchtet, wie der Staat - verstanden als handelnde Akteure in Staat und staatlichen Betrieben in altindustriellen Regionen - auf Umfeldänderungen reagiert, um langfristige industrielle Anpassung zu erreichen. Dabei geht die Arbeit über einen Fokus auf unternehmerische, staatliche oder individuelle Einzelhandlungen hinaus und konzentriert sich auf deren Einbettung und Beziehungen in einem multiskalaren, politisch-institutionellen Rahmen und Politikfeld. Die empirische Untersuchung basiert auf Tiefenstudien zweier chinesischer Kohlebergbauregionen (Zaozhuang in der Provinz Shandong und Fuxin in der Provinz Liaoning), die beide vom schleichenden Niedergang der lokalen Kohlereserven seit dem Jahr 2000 geprägt sind. Die Forschungsergebnisse beruhen größtenteils auf qualitativen Daten (halbstandardisierte Interviews), die durch eine Kontextanalyse ausgewertet und um eine deskriptive Analyse sekundärstatistischer Daten ergänzt wurden. Der erste Beitrag dieser Doktorarbeit liegt in einer kritischen Bestandsaufnahme der Konzepte von Pfadabhängigkeiten, Pfadentstehungen und Lock-Ins. Die empirischen Einblicke deuten darauf hin, dass Lock-Ins im chinesischen Kontext stark politisch bedingt sind. Dies ist auf das spezifische administrative Hierarchiesystem zwischen staatseigenen Betrieben und Staaten zurückzuführen. Trotz starker industrieller Pfadabhängigkeit und negativer regionaler Lock-In-Effekte steht der Entstehung neuer Pfade nichts entgegen. Aufbauend auf dem Konzept der Pfadplastizität kommt die Arbeit zu dem Ergebnis, dass sich die chinesischen lokalen Staatsbehörden und die staatliche Führung in staatseigenen Betrieben der Interessenkonflikte zwischen den multiskalaren politischen Ökonomien bewusst sind, diese flexibel auslegen und gemäß der multiskalaren institutionellen und politischen Bedingungen hinsichtlich potentieller lokaler industrieller Veränderung auslegen. Der zweite Beitrag liegt darin, dass der ubiquitäre Einfluss staatlicher Eliten in China auf industrielle Dynamiken genauer analysiert wird. Dazu wird untersucht, wie Staatsbeamte und lokale Führungspersönlichkeiten die entsprechenden institutionellen Kontexte formen. Der Gedanke der „Place Leadership“ wird kritisch an den autoritären chinesischen Kontext angepasst. So können die kleinmaßstäblichen Dynamiken und Charakteristika im Zusammenhang mit der Entstehung altindustrieller Regionen in China erläutert werden. Wie sich zeigt, verfügen die staatlichen Eliten über ein hohes Maß an formeller und exekutiver Macht, um wirtschaftliche und politische Entscheidungen zu fällen. Dennoch verdeutlichen die empirischen Ergebnisse, dass für institutionellen Wandel informelle Führungsformen wie interpretative oder netzwerkartige Führung nötig sind. Neue Pfade können zwar von lokalen staatlichen Anführern schneller erzeugt werden, aber ohne neue, unterstützende Institutionen bestehen kaum Aussichten darauf, langfristige Veränderungspotenziale der regionalen Entwicklung aufrechtzuerhalte. Der Hauptbeitrag der Arbeit liegt im Vergleich der zwei chinesischen Bergbauregionen. Um deren ungleiche regionale Resilienz zur analysieren und zu verstehen wird ein neuartiger konzeptuelle Ansatz vorgeschlagen. In einer interaktiven, dialektischen und evolutionären Art überwindet dieser den Dualismus von Anpassung und Anpassungsfähigkeit und hebt die Rolle von multiskalaren Institutionen sowie von nationalem politisch-ökonomnischem Wandel für die Koordination unternehmerischen und lokal-staatlichen Handelns und derer Akteure in staatseigenen Betrieben hervor. Die historisch bedingte politische Distanz zwischen lokaler und nationaler Verwaltung und Regierung ist dabei grundlegend, um die verschiedenen Resilienzen und Anpassungsfähigkeiten chinesischer staatseigener Betriebe zu verstehen. Diese werden in das Zentrum der vergleichenden Fallstudie gerückt, um besser zu verstehen, warum einige Regionen in China dazu in der Lage sind endogene wirtschaftliche Entwicklungspotenziale zu steuern, während andere daran – zumeist aufgrund exogener Kräfte – scheitern. Insgesamt leistet die vorliegende Dissertation einen Beitrag zur Erweiterung der Evolutionären Wirtschaftsgeographie, indem andere wirtschaftsgeographische Paradigmen und Perspektiven eingebunden werden und somit komplexe Restrukturierungsprozesse staatseigener Betriebe verstanden werden können. Neben diesem theoretischen Beitrag liefert die Arbeit politische Empfehlungen für die zukünftige Entwicklung altindustrieller Industrieregionen in China und andernorts.
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28. Corporate Social Responsibility in industriellen Clustern: Akteure, Aktionen, Institutionen und Ergebnisse im lokalen Raum - eine Fallstudie zum Schuhproduktionscluster in Jinjiang, Provinz Fujian, VR China
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Kortum, Carsten, Hassink, Robert, and Duenckmann, Florian
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Abschlussarbeit ,Institutional Analysis and Development Framework ,Macht ,types of SMEs ,Lernen ,soziale Aufwertung ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,power ,doctoral thesis ,globale Wertschoepfungskette ,ddc:550 ,social upgrading ,institutions ,cluster ,CSR ,lokale Governance ,Netzwerkbildung ,collective efficiency ,learning ,Arbeiter ,global value chain ,Institutionen ,Typisierung von KMU ,CSR, cluster, global value chain, Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, local traders, workers, power, social upgrading, institutions, governance, types of SMEs, learning, collective efficiency, network building ,kollektive Effizienz ,local traders ,governance ,lokale Haendler ,workers ,ddc:5XX ,network building ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,CSR, Cluster, globale Wertschoepfungskette, Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, lokale Haendler, Arbeiter, Macht, soziale Aufwertung, Institutionen, lokale Governance, Typisierung von KMU, Lernen, kollektive Effizienz, Netzwerkbildung - Abstract
Zielsetzung dieser Arbeit ist die Beschreibung und Erklärung des Wandels sowie die Identifizierung von Agglomerationsvorteilen von Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in industriellen Clustern eines Schwellenlandes. CSR wird verstanden als freiwillige Integration von sozialen Themen in die Unternehmenstätigkeit und in die Interaktionen mit Stakeholdern. Im Fokus der Analyse sind Institutionen und Rahmenbedingungen sowie deren Einfluss auf Akteure, Aktionen, Governance und Ergebnisse von CSR. Die Arbeit basiert auf einer Verbindung der Theorien von CSR, Clustern, globalen Wertschöpfungsketten und Produktionsnetzwerken mit dem Analyserahmen des „Institutional Analysis and Development Framework“ nach OSTROM. Dieser Rahmen ermöglicht in einem koherenten Modell die Deskription und Analyse von sozialen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Institutionen und CSR in einem industriellen Cluster. Anhand einer empirischen Fallstudie zum Schuhproduktionscluster in Jinjiang, Provinz Fujian, VR China, werden die Determinanten und Bedingungen von CSR im Cluster untersucht. Das wirtschaftliche Wachstum in China basiert auf der regionalen Konzentration der Produktion mit einer Branchenspezialisierung in den Küstenprovinzen. Die sozialen Bedingungen der Produktionsprozesse in den klein- und mittelgroßen Unternehmen sind gekennzeichnet durch mangelhafte Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen sowie geringe Entlohnung. Die Analyse stützt sich auf die Auswertung von quantitativen und qualitativen Erhebungen. Ausgehend von einem niedrigen Niveau lassen sich empirisch in einigen Indikatoren Tendenzen einer voneinander unabhängigen wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Aufwertung sowie einer Stakeholderorientierung der klein- und mittelgroßen Unternehmen im Cluster nachweisen. Die Produzenten reagieren auf den lokalen Druck der Arbeiter und nicht auf globale Anforderungen. Durch Veränderungen des institutionellen Arrangements, der Rahmenbedingungen auf dem lokalen Arbeitsmarkt und der Kommunikationsökologie werden die Arbeiter zum Treiber des Wandels von CSR. Bisherige Macht- und Informationsasymmetrien verändern sich zugunsten der Arbeiter. Es bilden sich neue informelle institutionelle Arrangements und vielfältige Formen des Lernens von CSR endogen im Untersuchungsraum. Die KMU lassen sich in Reaktion und Verhalten in Typen klassifizieren. Dieser Heterogenität der KMU steht eine homogene Kodifizierung der Anforderungen zu CSR gegenüber. Im Ergebnis ergibt sich ein Prototyp des Wandels von CSR in einem industriellen Cluster Die Governance von CSR verlagert sich von der globalen auf die lokale sowie von der formellen auf die informelle Ebene. Die Institutionensets des chinesischen Staates und der globalen Wertschöpfungskette beschränken sich auf die Einhaltung eines Mindestniveaus sozialer Bedingungen und haben aufgrund unzureichender Sanktionen und Legitimität nur geringe Geltung. Unternehmerische und institutionelle Macht wird nur zur Erreichung ökonomischer Ziele eingesetzt. 4 Die Governance der Wertschöpfungskette wird von dem Prinzipal Führungsfirmen auf den Agenten lokale Händler übertragen. Diese fungieren als zentrale Schnittstelle zwischen Cluster und Absatzmärkten und werden in der Konzeption der gebundenen Wertschöpfungskette bisher kaum thematisiert. Insofern kann die Konzeption der Koordinationsform der gebundenen Wertschöpfungskette verfeinert werden. Die Vorteile der Clusterung für CSR liegen in der kollektiven Effizienz, in der Netzwerkbildung der Arbeitnehmer und dem Lernen von CSR im Beziehungsgeflecht des Clusters. Eine Förderung des CSR-Prozesses im lokalen Raum könnte in der Praxis in diesen Clustervorteilen ansetzen. Der Fokus würde auf der exekutive Governance und nicht auf der herkömmlichen judikativen Governance von CSR durch Kontrollsysteme aus der globalen Wertschoepfungskette liegen. Der „bottom-up“-Prozess im lokalen Raum würde dadurch gestärkt. The aim of this PhD is to describe and to explain of the change and the identification of clustering advantages of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in industrial clusters in emerging countries. CSR means a voluntary integration of social issues in business activities and the interactions with stakeholders. This research focuses on institutions and prevailling conditions and their impact on players, actions, governance and outcomes of CSR. This PhD is based on theoretical concepts of CSR, clustering, global value chains and production networks and the link with the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework. This framework enables to analyse the social, political and economic institutions in a coherent model in industrial cluster. On the basis of an empirical case study of the footwear cluster in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, PR China, the determinants and conditions of CSR in the cluster are scrutinized. The economic growth in China is based on a regional concentration of specialised production in the coastal provinces. The social conditions of the processes in small and medium sized enterprises in the cluster are dominated by poor working and living conditions and low wages. The research is based on the analysis of quantitative and qualitative surveys. Based on a low level in some indicators there is a trend of independent economic and social upgrading and a stakeholder-orientation of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the cluster. The manufacturers are reacting to local pressure of the workers and not to global 5 requirements. Through changes of institutional arrangements, in the environment of the local labor market and a new ecology of communication the workers are becoming the drivers of the change of CSR. Old asymmetric power and information constellations are changing in favor of the workers. New informal institutional arrangements and a diversity of learning of CSR are formed endogenous in the cluster. The manufacturers are classified according to their reaction and action in types. These heterogeneities are confronted with a homogeneous codification of CSR-requirements. As a result there is a prototype of the change of CSR in industrial clusters. The governance of CSR is shifting from a global to a local and from a formal to an informal level. The institutional sets of the state and of the value chain are limited to commitments of minimum standards of social conditions and have little validity because of insufficient sanctions and legitimacy. Business and institutional power is only used to achieve economic goals. The governance of the value chain is delegated from the principal leadfirm to the agent local trader. These traders are a chain intersections between clusters and markets and are not conceptualised in the conventional concept of captive value chains. The advantages of clustering for CSR are: collective efficiency, network building amongst the workers and knowledge transfer of CSR across networks of relationship in the cluster. A support of the CSR-process could start with these advantages. The focus will be on the executive governance and not the judicative governance. The bottom-up-process would be strengthened.
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29. Developing biotech products, making cars, creating video games: Disentangling knowledge bases in three German regions
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Plum, Oliver, Hassink, Robert, and Revilla Diez, Javier
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innovation process ,economic geography ,Wissensbasen ,Abschlussarbeit ,knowledge bases, innovation process, knowledge networks, biotechnology, automotive, video games, economic geography, Germany ,Automobil ,Biotechnologie ,Wissensnetzwerke ,video games ,Wissensbasen, Innovationsprozess, Wissensnetzwerke, Biotechnologie, Automobil, Videospiele, Wirtschaftsgeographie, Deutschland ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,Videospiele ,Wirtschaftsgeographie ,doctoral thesis ,knowledge bases ,Germany ,automotive ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,knowledge networks ,Deutschland ,ddc:9XX ,Innovationsprozess ,ddc:910 ,biotechnology - Abstract
This dissertation applies the knowledge base concept (KBC) in order to scrutinize industry-specific processes of knowledge formation and innovation in a spatial perspective. Three knowledge bases are to be distinguished from each other: analytical (science based); synthetic (engineering based); and symbolic (creativity based). The book elaborates a fine-grained picture of the KBC within a wider theoretical context. Moreover, it provides empirical insights into the underlying knowledge base configurations of three regional industries in Germany, that is, the biotechnology industry in the Aachen Technology Region, the automotive industry in Southwest Saxony, and the video game development industry in Hamburg. Further considerations refer to the potentials and limits of the KBC as a tool for policy formulation, which is closely connected to the issue of operationalization. The last chapter also raises a number of questions for future research that is going to deal with knowledge bases.
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- 2011
30. Kulturelle Aspekte der Gestaltung zwischenbetrieblicher Beziehung - das Beispiel chinesischer Remigranten in Schanghai
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Klaerding, Claudia, Hassink, Robert, and Wehrhahn, Rainer
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China ,economic geography ,Abschlussarbeit ,Geschäftspraktiken ,business practices ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,Wirtschaftsgeographie ,Remigration, China, Kultur, Geschäftspraktiken, Wirtschaftsgeographie ,Kultur ,culture ,doctoral thesis ,Remigration ,remigration, China, culture, business practices, economic geography ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,ddc:9XX ,ddc:910 - Abstract
The PhD-thesis is concerned with the nature and role of culture for interfirm practices and its underlying managerial knowledge. In neoclassical thinking, culture in terms of values, norms, attitudes and worldviews is largely disregarded as an influence on knowledge and practices, or ascribed homogeneity amongst people. This, however, has started to change since the cultural turn in the 1980s. From an actor-centered perspective of executives in Shanghai I analyze how culture is socially constructed and institutionally embedded, how cultural perceptions translate into observable interfirm behavior, and whether culture obstructs the application of new managerial know-how. 34 Chinese returnees were interviewed by semi-structured interviews in order to derive patterns of searching for and selecting business partners in China, of interfirm communication, control, contracting and conflict resolution. Empirical findings are evaluated by descriptive statistics and content analysis. Die Arbeit befasst sich mit der Beschaffenheit und Bedeutung von Kultur für die Gestaltung zwischenbetrieblicher Praktiken und dem zugehörigen managementbezogenem Wissen. Aus neoklassischer Sicht wird Kultur als Werte, Normen, Einstellungen und Weltanschauung eher vernachlässigt und spiegelt sich höchstens in einer homogenen Rationalität von Akteuren. Seit dem Cultural Turn wird Kultur jedoch zunehmend in wirtschaftsgeographische Konzepte integriert. Aus der Sicht von Managern in Shanghai wird untersucht, wie Kultur konstruiert und in zwischenbetriebliches Verhalten übersetzt wird und ob sie die Übertragung neuer Praktiken beeinflusst. 34 chinesische Remigranten wurden in halbstrukturierten Interviews zu ihrem Geschäftsverhalten befragt, welches die Suche und Auswahl von Partnern in China, die zwischenbetriebliche Kommunikation, Kontrolle, Vertragsgestaltung und Konfliktlösung betrifft. Die Ergebnisse wurden mittels deskriptiver Statistik und qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse ausgewertet.
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31. Kleine Büroimmobilienmärkte im Schatten der Metropolen: eine Darstellung der Besonderheiten kleiner Märkte anhand des regionalen Fallbeispiels der Landeshauptstadt Kiel
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Bruns, Ralph W., von Rohr, Götz, and Hassink, Robert
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doctoral thesis ,Büroimmobilienmarkt, Kiel, Investition, Regionalentwicklung ,Abschlussarbeit ,Büroimmobilienmarkt ,Investition ,ddc:330 ,ddc:3XX ,Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät ,Kiel ,Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences ,Regionalentwicklung - Abstract
Die Arbeit befasst sich mit den Besonderheiten kleiner Büroimmobilienmärkte, insbesondere mit der Beschreibung und Erklärung der dort tätigen Investorentypen. Die theoretischen Hypothesen werden am Beispiel der Landeshauptstadt Kiel überprüft.
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