Purpose

The paper describes patterns of study on innovation in the regional economic resilience literature regarding methods and findings.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is a descriptive one and it uses, as a method, the scoping review based on Scopus and Web of Science databases. Forty-eight theoretical-empirical papers were thematically coded, and analyses were conducted using R packages and MaxQDA.

Findings

Innovation has been used narrowly in the regional resilience literature, considering the variables, the types of shocks and the analyzed loci. From the sampled papers, this study suggests that, depending on the operationalization, the addressed relationship can be positive or negative, which still needs further investigation. In addition, the study identified two lines of research. The first, characterized by quantitative research, secondary sources and multivariate analyses, focuses on testing predictive regional resilience models based on innovation-related variables. The second, characterized by qualitative or multi-method approaches, is more concerned with explaining the knowledge accumulation and the learning capacity related to regional innovation.

Research limitations/implications

The paper’s findings show a restricted view of the innovation–resilience relationship. Although this study does not present a meta-analysis, it reveals gaps for future research. Some suggestions can be highlighted, such as (1) expanding knowledge about innovation as a predictor of resilience, (2) the theoretical development of this relationship to guide empirical investigations and (3) studies that consider the meso or micro level, approaching the role of actors in fostering innovation in the regional resilience process.

Originality/value

This paper fulfills an identified need to investigate how innovation has been operationalized in regional resilience empirical research.

中文翻译：

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区域弹性和创新：论文简介和研究议程

目的

本文描述了区域经济弹性文献中有关方法和发现的创新研究模式。

设计/方法/途径

这项研究是一项描述性研究，它使用基于 Scopus 和 Web of Science 数据库的范围界定审查作为一种方法。对 48 篇理论-实证论文进行了主题编码，并使用 R 包和 MaxQDA 进行了分析。

发现

考虑到变量、冲击类型和分析的位点，创新在区域恢复力文献中被狭义地使用。从样本论文中，这项研究表明，根据操作化，所处理的关系可以是积极的也可以是消极的，这仍然需要进一步调查。此外，该研究确定了两条研究路线。第一个以定量研究、二手资源和多变量分析为特征，侧重于测试基于创新相关变量的预测性区域弹性模型。第二，以定性或多方法方法为特征，更关注解释与区域创新相关的知识积累和学习能力。

研究局限性/影响

该论文的研究结果显示了对创新与弹性关系的局限性看法。虽然这项研究没有提出荟萃分析，但它揭示了未来研究的差距。可以强调一些建议，例如 (1) 扩展关于创新作为弹性预测指标的知识，(2) 这种关系的理论发展以指导实证调查，以及 (3) 考虑中观或微观层面的研究，接近作用参与者在促进区域复原力过程中的创新。

原创性/价值

本文满足了调查创新如何在区域弹性实证研究中运作的确定需求。