The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation

ISBN-13: 9780367878719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 212 str.

Philip McCann; Frank Van Oort; John Goddard

Opis

The ideas contained in the smart specialisation agenda have until now been primarily conceptual in nature. The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation draws together some of the leading regional economists and scientists in Europe to analyse how smart specialisation is working in practice. This book investigates dif

Recenzje

‘A timely and highly valuable addition to the discourse around smart specialisation and regional development’ — Louis Brennan, Professor in Business Studies, Business & Administrative Studies , Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Spis treści

1 Introduction to the Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation

Philip McCann, Frank van　Oort and John Goddard

2 The Intellectual and Practical Bases of the Application of RIS3 within EU Cohesion Policy

Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés

3 Regional Diversification and Smart Specialization Policy

Ron Boschma

4 Local Industry Structure as a Resource-Base for Entrepreneurship: Implications for Smart Specialization Strategies

Martin Andersson and Sierdjan Koster

5 Regional Innovation and the Network Structure of University–Industry Links

Robert Huggins and Daniel Prokop

6 Good Growth, Bad Growth: A Wake-up Call of Smart Specialisation

Mark Thissen, Frank van Oort and Olga Ivanova

7 New Measures of Regional Competitiveness in a Globalizing World

Bart Los, Maureen Lankhuizen and Mark Thissen

8 The Co-Evolution of Regional Innovation Domains and Institutional Arrangements: Smart Specialisation Through Quadruple Helix Relations?

Paul Vallance

9 Smart Specialisation and Local Economic Development in Eastern Europe

Teodora Dogaru, Frank van Oort and Nicola Cortinovis

10 From Plan to Process: Exploring the Human Element in Smart Specialisation Governance

Mari Jose Aranguren, Mikel Navarro and James R. Wilson

11 Entrepreneurship, Networks and Recombinant Open Innovation: Lessons for Regional Policy

Robert Huggins

O autorze

Philip McCann holds the University of Groningen Endowed Chair of Economic Geography at the University of Groningen and is also the Tagliaferri Research Fellow in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

Frank van Oort is Professor of Urban and Regional Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and at Utrecht University.

John Goddard is Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at Newcastle University.