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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Liliana Fonseca, University of Aveiro

As a second time GEOINNO attendee, I was pleasantly surprised by how much the conference grew in a short time....

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Ridvan Cinar, University of Aveiro

One significant issues recently emphasised within the Geography of Innovation is accounting for how universities can contribute to innovation-led regional...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Utku Ali Rıza Alpaydın, University of Stavanger

For the field of Geography of Innovation, proximity is a core concept for understanding knowledge exchange and innovation diffusion....

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Rhoda Ahoba-Sam, University of Lincoln

In a conference on the ‘Geography of Innovation’, there is bound to be many conversations around the topics of geography and innovation....

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Eloïse Germain, Linköping University

The geography of innovation enables us to highlight differences between countries or regions, providing evidence for policy-makers´ decision-making....

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Maria Salomaa, University of Lincoln

The GEOINNO conference provided an impressive cross-section of the contemporary discussion in the field of innovation research....

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Huong Thu Nguyen, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

There is a continuing interest in how innovation can create societal value beyond commercialisation and better align with societal needs, shaped not just by...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Lisa Nieth, University of Twente

A key issue in the field of geography of innovation clearly emerging is the need to get beyond the broader macro-level to better understand micro-scale...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Sergio Manrique, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The ‘geography of innovation’ field has evolved beyond economic geography to encompass different disciplines including regional and innovation studies...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Kwadwo Atta-Owusu, University of Stavanger

Innovation is widely promoted as a tool for driving economic growth, and policy-makers seek to harness innovation’s positive externalities to accelerate that...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by Saeed Moghadam Saman, University of Stavanger

A key theme this year was the relation between knowledge complexity and economic...

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11 Feb 2020

Conference reflections by David Fernandez Guerrero, Aalborg University

Geography of innovation scholars are increasingly critical of the idea that technological innovation is able to provide per se solutions to regional...

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