How open innovation processes vary between urban and remote environments: slow innovators, market-sourced information and frequency of interaction

Richard Shearmur, David Doloreux · 2016 · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Summary. The paper challenges the assumption that innovation happens mainly in cities. It shows that remote areas do produce first-to-market innovations, but through different mechanisms. Slow innovators in isolated locations rely on non-market information and infrequent contact with others, while fast innovators cluster near cities using market-sourced information and frequent interactions. This difference explains why innovation occurs in both settings.

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  title   = {How open innovation processes vary between urban and remote environments: slow innovators, market-sourced information and frequency of interaction},
  author  = {Richard Shearmur and David Doloreux},
  journal = {Entrepreneurship and Regional Development},
  year    = {2016},
  doi     = {10.1080/08985626.2016.1154984},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2016.1154984}
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DOI

10.1080/08985626.2016.1154984

Countries

Canada, France

Regions

North America, Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-28