TY - JOUR
T1 - Multinational Knowledge Strategies, Policy and the Upgrading Process of Regions
T2 - Revisiting the Automotive Industry in Ostrava and Shanghai
AU - Van Tuijl, Erwin
AU - Carvalho, Luis
AU - Van Winden, Willem
AU - Jacobs, Wouter
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper revisits how and why new multinational knowledge-based strategies and multi-level governmental policies influence the upgrading process of regions in developing economies.
Automotive multinationals traditionally exploited local asset conditions, but it is shown that they have also been contributing to knowledge-generation systems via investments in R&D centres and cooperation with regional knowledge producers. We discern three elements of the upgrading process of regions—upgrading of domestic firms, subsidiary evolution and establishment of strategic relations with local knowledge institutes—to analyse two case studies: Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Shanghai (China).
The cases show that all types of upgrading—product, process, chain and functional—have taken place in the last years, and that follow sourcing may have a positive impact on regional upgrading. These observations provide lessons for governments in developing economies which aim to strengthen innovation-based regional development.
AB - This paper revisits how and why new multinational knowledge-based strategies and multi-level governmental policies influence the upgrading process of regions in developing economies.
Automotive multinationals traditionally exploited local asset conditions, but it is shown that they have also been contributing to knowledge-generation systems via investments in R&D centres and cooperation with regional knowledge producers. We discern three elements of the upgrading process of regions—upgrading of domestic firms, subsidiary evolution and establishment of strategic relations with local knowledge institutes—to analyse two case studies: Ostrava (Czech Republic) and Shanghai (China).
The cases show that all types of upgrading—product, process, chain and functional—have taken place in the last years, and that follow sourcing may have a positive impact on regional upgrading. These observations provide lessons for governments in developing economies which aim to strengthen innovation-based regional development.
KW - knowledge-based strategies
KW - policy
U2 - 10.1080/09654313.2012.713329
DO - 10.1080/09654313.2012.713329
M3 - Article
VL - Volume 20
SP - 1627
EP - 1646
JO - European Planning Studies
JF - European Planning Studies
IS - 10
ER -