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November 27, 2021

Regional Innovation Profiles: A Comparative Empirical Study of Four Chinese Regions Based on Expert Knowledge

Ingo Liefner, Henning Kroll, Gang Zeng, Anna-Barbara Heindl

Page range: 101-117

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In emerging economies such as China, marked by profound regional disparities in terms of socio-economic wealth and technology, different regions use not only different levels of inputs into the innovation process, but also produce different outputs with qualitative diversity that is seldom sufficiently acknowledged. This paper uses structured expert interviews (AHP) to provide insights into the innovation profiles of four selected Chinese regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Kunming. It combines information on drivers of innovation as well as innovation characteristics and objectives to establish and compare regional innovation profiles.

November 27, 2021

How can R&D programs induce unplanned R&D collaborative networks in clusters?

José A. Belso-Martínez, Isabel Díez-Vial, María J. López-Sánchez, María D. Sánchez

Page range: 118-131

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R&D policies are usually designed to enhance firms’ internal capabilities, but do not explicitly target R&D cooperation. In this research, we propose that R&D programs can be a suitable instrument when it comes to fostering informal collaborative networking. We focus on a regional level, the cluster, and establish that firms can use their R&D subsidies not only to become more innovative, i. e. input-output additionality, but also to develop R&D informal collaborations, i. e. behavior additionality. To test this hypothesis, relational data from a biotechnological cluster in Alicante (Spain) have been analyzed. Results from ERGM confirm that promoting internal R&D efforts prompts the formation of knowledge-based relationships at the cluster level. Policy makers should consider this unforeseen behavior when designing and evaluating non-collaborative R&D support programs. New evidence on the role of distant and diverse non-local linkages on local network dynamics is also provided.

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Digitalization and City Center Resilience. Exploring Visitors’ Perceptions in Leipzig, Germany

Katrin Schade, Andre Müller, Eric Holdack, Marcus Hübscher, Katja Lurie, Juana Schulze

Page range: 132-146

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This article deals with digitalization as a contribution to city center resilience, using Leipzig as an example. Focus group interviews illustrate that digital applications can attract to visit the city center and thus contribute to city center resilience. To reinforce these findings, the authors develop a prototype of a digital map covering Leipzig’s city center that is tested by means of 70 go-along interviews. The interviews show that linking digital functions and location-specific information thereby can be effective regarding city center resilience.

November 27, 2021

Intermediation, Disintermediation und Cybermediäre: Zum Einfluss der Digitalisierung auf Wertschöpfungsketten in der Schuhbranche

Christopher Herb, Cordula Neiberger

Page range: 147-164

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Zusammenfassung Globale Wertschöpfungsketten (WSK) werden derzeit, hervorgerufen durch die neuen technischen und organisatorischen Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung, in besonderem Maße restrukturiert. Bisherige Forschungen konzentrierten sich dabei weitgehend auf die Auswirkungen auf Zulieferer in Ländern des globalen Südens. Dieser Beitrag nimmt dagegen den Teil des Vertriebs in den Blick. Anhand der deutschen Schuhbranche werden die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Steuerungsmacht in diesem Teil der Wertschöpfungsketten sowie die damit einhergehenden Beziehungen zwischen den Akteuren und zwischen verschiedenen WSK innerhalb der Branche näher beleuchtet. Dabei konnten vor allem Sportartikelhersteller und Online-Plattformen aufgrund des hohen Digitalisierungsgrades in (Herstellungs-,) Kommunikations- und Vertriebsprozessen als zentrale Akteure (Leitunternehmen) identifiziert werden. Zudem zeigen die Untersuchungsergebnisse, dass Akteure mit einer geringen Umsetzung digitaler Prozesse zum Teil bereits aus Wertschöpfungsketten ausgeschlossen werden. Folglich möchte der Beitrag das Bewusstsein dafür schärfen, dass der Digitalisierungsfortschritt von Unternehmen als kritische Determinante für die Teilnahme an WSK herangezogen sowie für die Verhandlung von Gorvernanceformen zwischen Akteuren berücksichtigt werden sollte.

November 27, 2021

Stakeholders’ interactions in managing water resources conflicts: a case of Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Julia Renner, Francis Opiyo

Page range: 165-181

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Recent years have seen unprecedented pressure from numerous water stakeholders with different interests in Lake Naivasha basin, the only freshwater lake in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. The pressure on this water resource results in high competition over access to water source, unsustainable resources management practices, poor water quality, and emergence of conflicts between institutions and its users. Presently, there is a knowledge gap and paucity of information on water resources stakeholders’ interactions in Lake Naivasha basin. This study, therefore, analyses the ways resource stakeholders interact and play in the conflict dynamic, and ultimately propose a better water resource use and management approaches. Drawing on field assessments, individual interviews, focus group discussion, and secondary literature reviews, this paper illustrates how both local, national and multi-national stakeholders interact and contribute to water resources conflicts. Results suggest unclear county and national institutional structures, fragmented land use activities and ownership, a feeling of marginalization by the local population contributing to resource-based conflict within the lake basin. A comprehensive policy framework and enforcement of existing regulations will ensure there is sustainable water access, reduce conflicts and enhance sustainable water resource governance and use of the lake.

November 27, 2021

The Party is over! Der Umgang mit der Nachtökonomie im Touristenort Newquay

Peter Dannenberg, Holger Kretschmer, Moritz Ludwig, Lauritz Scheulen, Max Nielsen

Page range: 182-195

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Kurzfassung Während die Nachtökonomie in Städten und Urlaubsorten wichtige Einnahmen und Beschäftigung generiert, stellen ihre negativen Begleiterscheinungen häufig erhebliche Probleme dar. Viele Städte versuchen daher, ihre Nachtökonomien zu regulieren oder durch öffentliche Kampagnen zu beeinflussen. Die Auswirkungen solcher Kampagnen und Regulierungen sind allerdings wenig untersucht und umstritten. Aufbauend auf Arbeiten zu touristischen Nachtökonomien untersucht und diskutiert dieser Beitrag am Beispiel des britischen Urlaubsorts Newquay die Wirkung unterschiedlicher Maßnahmen.

Book review

November 27, 2021

Karin Fischer, Christian Reiner und Cornelia Staritz (Hrsg.): Globale Warenketten und ungleiche Entwicklung. Arbeit, Kapital, Konsum, Natur. Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag 2021. 400 Seiten. ISBN: 9783854769576. 25,00€.

Markus Hesse

Page range: 196-196

November 27, 2021

Rezension von Brandt, A.; Danneberg, M.; Krätke, S.; Polom, L., 2021: Wissensvernetzung und Metropolregionen: Eine Netzwerkanalyse des Innovationssystems der Metropolregion Hannover Braunschweig Göttingen Wolfsburg. Baden-Baden: Tectum.

Matthias Kiese

Page range: 197-198

November 27, 2021

Ouma, S. Farming as Financial Asset: Global Finance and the Making of Institutional Landscapes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing (2020). 208 pages.

Gordon M. Winder

Page range: 199-200

November 27, 2021

Rethinking Value Chains: Tackling the Challenges of Global Capitalism, herausgegeben von Florence Palpacuer und Alistair Smith (Policy Press, 2021). 204 Seiten. ISBN: 9781447359173

Sören Scholvin

Page range: 201-201

About this journal

Call for Papers – Special Issue
Shaping Globalisation: Revisiting the State-Global Production Network Nexus

Guest editors: Martin Hess & Rory Horner (University of Manchester)

Further Information

Deadline (Abstracts): June 19^th, 2023

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Starting with issue 1/2022, the former journal Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie (The German Journal of Economic Geography) will be relaunched under the new title ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography. With ongoing internationalization of academic disciplines, the journal has made the decision to open up to the global academic community by focusing on English-language publications.

To support the relaunch and invite a broad readership, ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography will be transferred to Diamond Open Access on a year-by-year basis, starting with the 2022 volume. All articles will immediately appear under the Creative Commons license CC-BY, at no publication costs for the authors. The Open Access transformation is based on Subscribe-to-Open, an alternative model that enables the full Open Access transformation of journals through the continuation of existing subscriptions. The prerequisite for successful transformation is that subscriptions are continued to the same extent as before. The editors of ZFW and the publisher De Gruyter would therefore like to thank all subscribers for their support, which has made the transformation to Open Access possible.

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography aims to become a driver of and contributor to the global knowledge architecture in the field of economic geography broadly defined through its commitment to diversity regarding innovative themes and authors and by pushing for a non-partisan cross-disciplinary agenda. It invites contributions that develop novel conceptualizations and present new empirical insights into economic structures, processes and practices, as well as their variations and outcomes in spatial perspective. Themes of particular interest include the actors and institutions shaping regional economic development, the institutional and socio-economic triggers of localized knowledge generation and innovation, the flows of people, knowledge and resources over distance, the development and persistence of unequal economic geographies worldwide, the global organization of capitalism and its evolution in spatial perspective, the impact of new societal challenges across space, and related topical areas.