50. ISEG: SMEs and Regional Economic Development in a Global Scenario | Prof. Davide Parrilli

Prof. Davide Parrilli, Regional Economic Development, Bournemouth University Business School/UK

Programm und Ablauf des Seminars

24. - 28.11.2025 jeweils von 16:00-19:00 Uhr

1. Monday 24/11: SMEs and Clustering in a changing international context
   The presentation will focus on the role of SMEs for regional economic development and the formation of clusters also in relation to the current smart specialisation strategy and related varieties innovation frameworks.
   • Cooke P. (2001): Regional innovation systems, clusters and the knowledge economy, Industrial and Corporate Change, 10: 945-979.
   • Parrilli MD (2009): Collective efficiency, policy inducement and social embeddedness: drivers for the development of industrial districts, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 21: 1-24.
   • McCann P. and Ortega-Argiles R. (2015): Smart specialisation, regional growth and application to European Union Cohesion policy, Regional Studies, Vol. 49: 1291-1302.
   • Lazzeretti, Capone, Sedita (2021): Rethinking Clusters: towards a new research agenda for cluster research, Routledge, London.
   • Foray D. (2021): In response to six critical questions to smart specialization, in Lazzeretti et al., Rethinking Clusters, Routledge, London.
   • Parrilli MD (2021): Clusters and internationalization, in Lazzeretti et al., Rethinking Clusters, Routledge, London.
      
2. Tuesday 25/11: SMEs within Regional Innovation Systems
   This presentation and discussion will focus on the importance of a regional support system for the promotion of innovation. The importance of knowledge specialisation and interactive engagement is analysed through applications to specific international cases.
   • Cooke P., Heidenreich M. and Braczyk J. (2004): Regional systems of innovation, Introduction, Routledge, London.
   • Asheim B. and Gertler M. (2005): Regional innovation systems and the geographical foundations of innovation, in Fagerberg J, Mowery D and Nelson R., Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Oxford University Press.
   • Parrilli MD, Aranguren MJ and Larrea M (2010): The role of interactive learning to close the innovation gap in SME-based local economies, European Planning Studies, Vol. 18: 352-370.
   • Alberdi X, Gibaja JJ. And Parrilli MD (2016): Innovation gaps: a typology for Spain, in Parrilli, Fitjar and Rodriguez-Pose A., Innovation drivers and regional innovation strategies, pp.45-65, Routledge, New York.
   • Isaksen A. and Trippl M. (2017): Innovation in space: the mosaic of regional innovation patterns, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 33: 122-140.  
   • Aragon C., Iturrioz C., Narvaiza L & Parrilli MD (2019): The role of creative social capital in regional innovation systems, Papers in Regional Science, 98: 35-51.
   • Malerba F. and McKelvey M. (2020): Knowledge intensive innovative entrepreneurship integrating Schumpeter, evolutionary economics and innovation systems, Small Business Economics, Vol. 54: 503-522.
   • Grandstrand O. and Holgersson M. (2020): Innovation ecosystems: a conceptual review and a new definition, Technovation, Vol. 90-91 102098.
   • Beaudry C., Burger-Helmchen and Cohendet P. (2022): Innovation policies and practices within innovation ecosystems, Routledge, London.
   • Gifford E. McKelvey M and Saemundsson R. (2022): Open Access: The evolution of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems: co-evolving entrepreneurial activity and innovation policy in the West Swedish maritime system in Beaudry C. et al. (2022): Innovation policies and practices within innovation ecosystems, Routledge, London.
      
3. Wednesday 26/11: Business innovation modes and SMEs in catching-up economies
   This presentation focuses on the archetypical strategies adopted by SMEs in catching-up regions and countries. The context specificity of these innovation modes will be explored based on a number of international experiences in Europe and beyond.
   • Jensen, M., Johnson, B., Lorenz, E., & Lundvall, B. A. (2007): Forms of knowledge and modes of innovation. Research Policy, 36, 680–693. Research Policy, 42:128-138.
   • Nunes S. and López R. (2015): Firm performance, innovation modes and territorial embeddedness, European Planning Studies, 23: 1796-1826.
   • Parrilli, M.D., & Alcalde-Heras, H. (2016): STI and DUI innovation modes: Scientific/technological and context-specific nuances. Research Policy, 45, 747–756.
   • Thoma J (2017): DUI mode learning and barriers to innovation: a case from Germany, Research Policy, 46: 1327-1339.
   • Parrilli M.D., Balavac M. and Radicic D. (2020): Business innovation modes and their impact on innovation outputs: regional variations and the nature of innovation across EU regions, Research Policy, 49: 104047.
   • Alhusen H., Bennat T, Bizer K., Cantner U., Horstman E., Kalthaus M. Proeger T, Sternberg R. and Toepfer S. (2021): A new measurement conception for the doing, using and interacting mode of innovation, Research Policy, 50 (4), 104214.
   • Bischoff, Hupp A. and Runst P. (2023): Firm innovation and generalised trust as a regional resource, Research Policy, Vol. 52, 104813.
      
4. Thursday 27/11: SME competitiveness in global value chains
   This presentation will focus on the participation of SMEs within global value chains, their opportunities and challenges, and the key drivers that help them to retain a competitive position within the internationalisation strategy of lead/OEM/OBM companies.
   • Gereffi G., Humphrey J. and Sturgeon T. (2005): the governance of global value chains, Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 78-104.
   • Navas-Aleman L. (2011): The Impact of Operating in Multiple Value Chains for Upgrading: The Case of the Brazilian Furniture and Footwear Industries, World Development, Vol. 39 (8), pp. 1386–1397.
   • Parrilli, M.D., Nadvi, K., Yeung, H.W. (2013): Local and Regional Development in Global VCs, PNs and INs: A Comparative Review and Challenges for Future Research, European Planning Studies, Vol.21 (7), pp.1-21.
   • Elola A., Parrilli M.D., Rabellotti R. (2013): The resilience of clusters in the context of increasing globalization: the Basque wind energy value chain, European Planning Studies, Vol. 21 (7).
   • De Marchi V., Di Maria E. and Gereffi G. (2017): Introduction: GVC and industrial districts towards a new convergence, in De Marchi V., Di Maria E. and Gereffi G. Industrial clusters and globalization: evolving in global value chains, Routledge.
   • Bettiol M., Chiarvesio M., De Maria E. and Micelli S. (2017): Manufacturing where are thou: value chain organisation and cluster—firm strategies between local and global, in De Marchi et al. GVC and insutrial districts towards a new convergence, Routledge, London.
   • Gereffi G., Lim H, and Lee J. (2021): Trade policies, firm strategies and adaptive reconfigurations of global value chains, Journal of International Business Policy, Vol. 16: 506-522.
   • Gentile E., Lema R., Rabellotti R., Ribaudo (2023): Greening global value chains, in WTO, Global value chain development report: resilient and sustainable GVCs in turbulent times, Mastricht University Press.
      
5. Friday 28/11: SMEs and social capital within regional economies
   This presentation will focus on the glue and fluid of interactions and trust-building within regional contexts (and business contexts) as a means to promote cooperation and renovated economies of scale and scope within geographical SMEs formations.
   • Becattini G. (1990): Industrial districst as a socioeconomic notion, in Pyke F, Becatini G. and Sengenberger W., Industrial districts and inter-firm cooperation, ILO Geneve.
   • Putnam R. (1993): Making democracy work, Princeton University Press.
   • Fukuyama F. (1995): Trust: the social virtues and the creation of prosperity, Free Press, New York.
   • Putnam R. (2000): Bowling alone: the decline of the American society, Simon and Schuster, New York.
   • Parrilli M.D. (2012): Heterogeneous social capital: a new window of opportunity for local economies, Chap. 10, in Cooke P., Parrilli MD and Curbelo JL, Innovation, change and territorial resilience, Elgar, Cheltenham.
   • Malecki E. (2012): Regional social capital and why it matters, Regional Studies, 46: 1023-1039.
   • Pucci T., Brumana M., Minola T. and Zanni L. (2020): Social capital and innovation in a life science cluster, Journal of Technology Transfer, 45: 205-227.
   • Muringani J., Fitjar R. and Rodriguez-Pose A. (2021): Social capital and economic growth in the regions of Europe, Environment and Planning A, 53: 1412-1434.
   • Parrilli MD (2023): Cluster policy: the challenging and complex horizon in the 2020s, European Planning Studies, Vol. 32: 1868-1884.