ABSTRACT

Focusing on the Local Innovation Ecosystem in Hauts-de-France region (France), the aim of this paper is to analyse how the ecosystems affect firm’s adaptive capacity. First, we show these local innovation ecosystems are based on Innovation Parks. They promote knowledge development and innovation processes by bringing together heterogeneous agents such as research laboratories, technological structures, finance organisations, brokers, start-ups, and companies within a complex interacting and strategic context. Second, we use econometric models to test the impact of these local innovation ecosystems on the innovativeness and technological diversity of firms viewed as components of adaptive capacity. Our results show that firms belonging to local innovation ecosystems centred on innovation parks are both more innovative and more technologically diversified than others. Our study suggests further empirical research in order to specify links between the most relevant characteristics of the innovation ecosystem and the firm’s adaptive capacity.

摘要

本文以 Hauts-de-France 地区（法国）的本地创新生态系统为重点，旨在分析生态系统如何影响企业的适应能力。首先，我们展示了这些本地创新生态系统是基于创新园区的. 它们通过将研究实验室、技术结构、金融组织、经纪人、初创企业和公司等异类代理聚集在复杂的相互作用和战略背景下，促进知识发展和创新过程。其次，我们使用计量经济学模型来测试这些地方创新生态系统对被视为适应能力组成部分的公司的创新性和技术多样性的影响。我们的研究结果表明，属于以创新园区为中心的本地创新生态系统的公司比其他公司更具创新性和技术多元化。我们的研究建议进行进一步的实证研究，以明确创新生态系统最相关特征与公司适应能力之间的联系。