TY  - JOUR
T1  - Interplay of Social Forces: A Focus on Regional Innovation Processes
AU - Cepoi, Victor 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 12
SP  - 423
EP  - 430
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2019.423.430
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2019.423.430
KW  - Regional systems of innovations
KW  -social fields
KW  -social forces institutions
KW  -networks
KW  -cognitive
frames
KW  -qualitative comparative analysis
AB  - In the new local-global interconnection, nation states are losing their influence and legitimacy while
economic and cultural transformations are reconfiguring spatial formations. Going in line with the global trends,
regions grasp more importance in shaping the political, economic and social environments. As a result, the
regional level has an important role in creating a proper socio-economic framework for innovation development
which is considered one the engines of development. Relying on the theory of social fields, the research
considers three social forces (networks institutions and cognitive frames) as an alternative explanation for
innovation processes by encompassing the aspects of different social fields on the regional level. As case
studies, there were selected seven regions with different levels of innovation performance. The analysis of the
focus groups with regional stakeholders emphasized that these social forces are a special component for
explaining innovation processes in the selected case studies.
ER  -