Regional Technology Foresight

区域技术展望

• 批准号: ES/R004625/1
• 负责人: Jorge Tiago Martins
• 金额: $ 30.55万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FR004625%2F1
• 关键词: Regional; Technology; Foresight

Over the last decades manufacturing in UK regions has been exposed to intense global competition, particularly as a consequence of trade liberalisation. At the same time, there is an increasing recognition that regions play a central role in national development, and there are mounting pressures on regions' ability to independently strategise and interconnect globally. These trends are particularly visible in the redistribution of power and funding from national to local government currently occurring through the so-called devolution deals, and through the emergence of Local Enterprise Partnerships that since 2010 have succeeded Regional Development Agencies.The renaissance of industry and manufacturing and the recognition that industry plays a central role in job creation, growth, and regions' economic recovery is also a priority in the policy agenda, with the 'Northern Powerhouse' strategy dominating the political lexicon, and setting the ambition to deliver business and enterprise growth with economic benefits for local communities.However, without adequate technology foresight and the identification of emergent technologies that may lead to innovations in practice, industrial manufacturing regions face the challenge of industrial stagnation and the threats of global outsourcing. Therefore, it is critical for regions to overcome the debilitating problem of poor innovation capabilities reinforced by the frequent overspecialisation of the knowledge infrastructure in these areas. It is also necessary to identify the technology enablers that may lead to opportunities for development and growth: the upgrading or revitalisation of businesses; the development of new business activities in areas related to the existing industries; or new industries based in new technologies. Focusing on Sheffield City Region as an internationally recognised manufacturing hub, and on the Advance Manufacturing and Materials sector, this project will generate new knowledge and procedural solutions to the extremely important issue relating to the enhancement of a region's ability to identify and exploit knowledge of technological innovations, in order to maximise competitiveness and sustainability. Working closely with firms, local enterprise partnerships, policy makers and innovation experts, the project focuses on the understanding and development of concrete regional practices and processes for identifying, transferring and integrating technological innovations. This set of practices and processes includes the identification of relevant emergent technologies, the production of visions concerning their applicability (e.g. ability to generate product, processes or business innovations), and the contextualisation and application of the knowledge produced (brokerage activities) to allow exploitation and use in practice by firms.

过去几十年，英国地区的制造业面临着激烈的全球竞争，尤其是贸易自由化的结果。与此同时，人们越来越认识到区域在国家发展中发挥核心作用，区域在全球独立制定战略和互联互通的能力面临越来越大的压力。这些趋势在当前通过所谓的权力下放协议从国家到地方政府的权力和资金重新分配以及自2010年以来接替地区发展机构的地方企业伙伴关系的出现中尤为明显。工业和制造业的复兴以及对工业在创造就业、增长和地区经济复苏中发挥核心作用的认识也是政策议程中的优先事项，政治词典中占据主导地位的是“北方发动机”战略，并设定了为当地社区带来商业和企业增长并带来经济利益的雄心。然而，缺乏足够的技术远见和识别可能在实践中导致创新的新兴技术，工业制造地区面临着工业停滞的挑战和全球外包的威胁。因此，各区域必须克服创新能力低下这一令人衰弱的问题，这一问题因这些领域的知识基础设施经常过度专业化而变得更加严重。还必须确定可能带来发展和增长机会的技术促进因素：企业升级或振兴；在与现有产业相关的领域发展新的商业活动；或以新技术为基础的新产业。该项目以谢菲尔德市地区作为国际公认的制造业中心以及先进制造和材料部门为重点，将产生新的知识和程序解决方案，以解决与增强地区识别和利用技术创新知识的能力，以最大限度地提高竞争力和可持续性相关的极其重要的问题。该项目与公司、当地企业伙伴关系、政策制定者和创新专家密切合作，重点是了解和发展确定、转让和整合技术创新的具体区域做法和程序。这套做法和流程包括确定相关的新兴技术，产生关于其适用性的愿景(例如，产生产品、流程或业务创新的能力)，以及所产生的知识的背景和应用(经纪活动)，以允许公司在实践中开发和使用。

项目成果

Boundary organisations in regional innovation systems: traversing knowledge boundaries for industry 4.0 regional transformations

• DOI: 10.1111/radm.12573
• 发表时间: 2023-02
• 期刊: R&D Management
• 作者: J. Martins;Sonal Hukampal Singh