Mixed methods research.

The impacts of government R&D subsidies on green innovation: Evidence from Chinese energy-intensive firms

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis.

Knowledge Bases, Talents and Contexts. On the Usefulness of the Creative Class Approach in Sweden

Over the years, scholars studying technology-based innovation have uncovered patterns of success and failure. Many of the lessons learned from these observations can serve as powerful guidelines for leaders of industry as they guide their firms into new markets or help defend against emerging challengers. Most of the studies to date, however, have been based on research in manufactured product industries, while relatively little has been done to understand technology and innovation in service industries. The initial motivation behind this thesis was to interpret established principles of innovation in the context of services-based industries. In proposing this topic, I assumed that certain aspects of product-based principles also describe patterns in service industries. My research revealed that some principles apply to both sectors. Others need to be extended. Still others apply selectively, depending on the nature of the service that is being examined. In the process of synthesizing the lessons learned from my literature review and the case studies I examined, Professor James Utterback pointed me to the convergence of product and services and the role of product platforms in this paradigm. What emerged was the idea of a technology delivery platform and throughout the latter parts of this thesis, I explore different implications of this concept. Thesis Supervisor: James M. Utterback Title: David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation

Patterns of innovation in service industries

The effect of public R&D subsidies on firms' competitiveness: Regional and sectoral specifics in emerging innovation systems

During recent decades, the debate on how to sustain urban mobility has accelerated. Transport decision-making has been more reflective of sustainability issues and quality of life in cities; this process has especially accelerated with the setting of modern urban mobility planning concepts, substantially focusing on transport demand regulation and management, and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans taking over the role of cities’ primary transport-related strategic documents. The approaches to sustainable mobility visioning and planning differ within cities, as do their key stakeholders’ opinions. Our research aims to reveal the main shared viewpoints on the preferred paths towards sustainable urban mobility. We use the Q method, which is a statistical method to study subjectivity. It enables determination of characteristic shared viewpoints on a particular subject. A qualitative analysis assessing subjective opinions is combined with the quantitative approach of a factor analysis of statements ranked by respondents. The study was undertaken on 36 carefully selected stakeholders situated within the Czech Republic. Our results indicate that even stakeholders sharing the same definition of sustainable urban mobility may substantially differ in regard to their ideas on how to achieve it. Furthermore, we show that some of the attitudes expressed and measures appreciated by our respondents would not be recognised as sustainable by environmentalists. There is still a wide gap between sustainable mobility theory and its implementation in practice. All these findings represent barriers to sustainable mobility development in urban areas. Therefore, the paper also conveys relevant policy implications.

Sustainable urban mobility: One definition, different stakeholders’ opinions

Over the past few years, scholarly debates on new path development have attracted increasing attention within the economic geography literature. This work distinguishes various trajectories of regi...

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The dark side of regional industrial path development: towards a typology of trajectories of decline

Universities and other knowledge institutions have quickly come to be seen as central to smart specialisation. However, their exact role in Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisati...

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Smart specialisation in regions with less-developed research and innovation systems: A changing role for universities?

This paper aims at a greater comprehension of the distribution of differentiated knowledge bases and their association with innovation performance. Drawing on evolutionary economic geography, we ap...

Viktor Květoň

Papers

The effect of public R&D subsidies on firms' competitiveness: Regional and sectoral specifics in emerging innovation systems

Sustainable urban mobility: One definition, different stakeholders’ opinions

The dark side of regional industrial path development: towards a typology of trajectories of decline

Smart specialisation in regions with less-developed research and innovation systems: A changing role for universities?

Evolution of knowledge bases in European regions: searching for spatial regularities and links with innovation performance