Proximity, Collaborative Relationship and Entrepreneur's Knowledge Spill-Over Opportunity in a Malaysian Regional Innovation System

Yusof, Zatun Najahah and Edgar, Gerry; Jones, Paul and Huxtable Thomas, Louisa and Hamidon, Syahira and Hannon, Paul and Tawil, Norgainy Mohd, eds. (2021) Proximity, Collaborative Relationship and Entrepreneur's Knowledge Spill-Over Opportunity in a Malaysian Regional Innovation System. In: Entrepreneurial Activity in Malaysia. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Cham, pp. 37-57. ISBN 9783030777555 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77753-1_3)

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the consequence of poor understanding of the social phenomenon of innovation and the effect immature social infrastructure can have in limiting the benefits of proximity and prevent the entrepreneurial process of knowledge spill-over opportunities. Interviews of system actors in technology firms in the new cluster city of Cyberjaya (Malaysia) revealed they had low levels of interaction amongst the system communities and weaker relationship with local universities than local government agencies. The research contributes to the theoretical concept of proximity, where a lack of richness of a social infrastructure and low density of informal (unplanned) social networks influence the proximity benefits and limits the opportunity density of entrepreneurs knowledge spill-over. For policy implications, this research highlights developing deeper collaborative relationships with universities, reducing the dependency on local public authorities and investing in a richer social infrastructure; or utilizes existing mature towns/cities in preference to greenfield developments.

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Yusof, Zatun Najahah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-4439 and Edgar, Gerry; Jones, Paul, Huxtable Thomas, Louisa, Hamidon, Syahira, Hannon, Paul and Tawil, Norgainy Mohd
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:74319
    Dates:
    Date
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    7 September 2021
    Published
    7 September 2021
    Published Online
    11 June 2020
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    Notes:© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edgar, G., Yusof, Z.N. (2021). Proximity, Collaborative Relationship and Entrepreneur's Knowledge Spill-Over Opportunity in a Malaysian Regional Innovation System. In: Jones, P., Huxtable-Thomas, L., Hamidon, S., Hannon, P., Mohd Tawil, N. (eds) Entrepreneurial Activity in Malaysia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77753-1_3
    Subjects:Social Sciences
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:20 Oct 2020 14:47
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:22
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/74319
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