Smart specialisation, innovation policy and regional innovation systems: what about new path development in less innovative regions?

Björn Asheim · 2018 · Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research

Summary. Smart specialisation strategies work best when grounded in regional innovation systems that support learning and competitiveness. The paper argues that less innovative regions should pursue transformative new path development through unrelated knowledge combinations and radical path creation, not just incremental diversification. These high-risk strategies can generate structural transformation opportunities and should be included in policy design, even though they carry greater uncertainty than safer alternatives.

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  title   = {Smart specialisation, innovation policy and regional innovation systems: what about new path development in less innovative regions?},
  author  = {Björn Asheim},
  journal = {Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1080/13511610.2018.1491001},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2018.1491001}
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DOI

10.1080/13511610.2018.1491001

Countries

Poland

Regions

Europe

Categories

regional-innovation-systems, policy, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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