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Understanding the ways and the dynamics of collaborative innovation processes: the case of the Maritime Cluster of the Algarve region (Portugal)
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The Algarve region has always showed a close relationship with the sea as a result
of its excellent natural conditions, historical and cultural reasons, and notorious
know-how related with traditional maritime activities, such as fisheries and fish processing,
and naval industry; more recently, nautical activities, such as tourism and
recreational boating, have been gaining increased importance. The region is also well
infrastructured in terms of public R&D institutions which are important cornerstones
of the regional and national innovation systems. Through surveys carried out over a
population of firms related to fisheries, aquaculture, fish processing and trade,
nautical tourism, naval construction, and repair and shipping, we intend to: (1) characterize
the innovation processes adopted by the Algarve’s firms of the maritime
economy and evaluate some of the main outputs generated by R&D activities
promoted by the regional innovation centers; (2) analyze the potential externalities
linked to the production and dissemination of information from knowledge
spillovers and knowledge networks; and (3) assess the strategic interest associated
with the use of knowledge-intensive service activities regarding their role as sources
and/or facilitators of innovation in customer organizations, or as carriers of innovation,
when they help in transferring knowledge between or within organizations.
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Maritime cluster Innovation Knowledge-intensive service activities
Citation
Monteiro, P.; Neto, P. & Noronha Vaz, T. (2014) “Understanding the ways and the dynamics of collaborative innovation processes: the case of the Maritime Cluster of the Algarve region (Portugal)”, Urban, Planning and Transport Research, Taylor & Francis, 1(2): 247–264
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Taylor & Francis