FRIDA
Fostering Regional Innovation and Development through Anchors and Networks: A Cross Regional Comparison in an Evolving International Context
| Coordinatore | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Organization address
address: Via Zamboni 33 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 1˙576˙888 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙273˙977 € |
| Programma | FP7-SSH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities |
| Code Call | FP7-SSH-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-01-01 - 2011-03-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Organization address
address: Via Zamboni 33 contact info |
IT (BOLOGNA) | coordinator | 249˙505.00 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
Organization address
address: Sussex House contact info |
UK (FALMER, BRIGHTON) | participant | 238˙704.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITAET MANNHEIM
Organization address
address: Schloss contact info |
DE (MANNHEIM) | participant | 221˙836.80 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CATANIA
Organization address
address: PIAZZA UNIVERSITA 2 contact info |
IT (CATANIA) | participant | 213˙685.00 |
| 5 |
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Grenoble
Organization address
address: PLACE ANDRE MALRAUX 1 contact info |
FR (GRENOBLE CEDEX 1) | participant | 165˙052.30 |
| 6 |
UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W KATOWICACH
Organization address
address: ULICA 1 MAJA 50 contact info |
PL (KATOWICE) | participant | 125˙129.00 |
| 7 |
NACIONALNIY TEHNICHNIY UNIVERSITET UKRAINI KIIVSKIY POLITEHNICHNIY INSTITUT
Organization address
address: PROSPECT PEREMOHY 37 contact info |
UA (KYIV) | participant | 25˙725.00 |
| 8 |
UNIVERSITE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE
Organization address
address: RUE DES UNIVERSITES 151 contact info |
FR (GRENOBLE) | participant | 25˙701.90 |
| 9 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET KAISERSLAUTERN
Organization address
address: GOTTLIEB-DAIMLER-STRASSE Geb. 47 contact info |
DE (KAISERSLAUTERN) | participant | 8˙638.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The FRIDA (‘Fostering Regional Innovation and Development through Anchors and Networks’) project aims to improve regional policy making within the EU, by advancing state of the art understanding of the importance of anchor firms to regional development and cohesion. Anchor firms are known to be increasingly important to regional development as highly entrepreneurial, multi-national firms restructure and relocate in response to the pressures of globalisation. However, there is currently a substantial gap in our understanding of the reasons for their qualitatively different impacts on different regions, how and why they assist the development of networks and capabilities in regions, and what local policies make particular regions attractive, and influence anchor firms to contribute towards more cohesion and even development. By addressing these questions, the FRIDA project aims to both improve understanding and contribute towards the effectiveness of policy making. The outputs of the project are designed to directly help regional policy-making to better anticipate and respond to economic restructuring by helping create regional governance systems that ensure less developed regions level-up to the most developed regions, rather than more developed regions levelling-down in response to the increasing freedom of movement of capital, production and knowledge. In doing so, the project aims to directly address the main points in the call and improve development throughout Europe in a way that is more sustainable, even and socially cohesive.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An in-depth look at policies governing the impact of well connected pioneering firms in different regions will help improve policymaking to boost growth and development.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Traditionally large or well established influential businesses known as anchor firms bestow a positive effect on local economies and are considered key drivers of the EU's 2020 growth strategy. These innovative, high-impact companies play an important role in creating powerful business clusters and incubating other businesses. With this in mind, the EU-funded project FRIDA studied how such businesses could advance regional development and competitiveness.
The project underlined how anchor firms can help create new organisations and transform existing ones, fostering entrepreneurship and networking on local and global levels. It aimed to improve policymaking by investigating the importance of anchor firms to regional development and cohesion. FRIDA examined in particular the reasons for these firms' impacts on different regions, as well as how they contribute to the development of networks and capabilities in these areas.
Examining the interplay among anchor firms, regions and networks, the project concluded that the anchor role can actually be played by either small firms or large organisations. Its research also showed that the anchor role is temporary and that at the local system new actors take the lead after a period of time.
In addition, the project members looked at the role of anchors in shaping the development of local networks and influencing regional development. They also examined the resources and capabilities that anchors require to enable local development.
Project results include precise recommendations for policymakers at all levels, as well as suggestions for local decision makers, public institutions and industry to enhance the role of anchor firms. FRIDA outcomes were communicated through workshops, policy-oriented events, seminars, conferences and publications.
Overall, this initiative will help improve how firms stimulate start-up businesses, generate knowledge, provide financing, open up new markets and enhance training. In light of this new research, the already important role of anchor firms will prove invaluable to stoking the economy.