From Technopoles to Regional Innovation Systems: The Evolution of Localised Technology Development Policy

Philip Cooke · 2001

Summary. This paper traces how governments worldwide adopted policies to build high-technology industry clusters, inspired by Silicon Valley's success in the 1970s-80s. It examines the shift from early technopole initiatives—modeled on Stanford's science park—toward regional innovation systems approaches. The work documents how Stanford's model, pioneered by Frederick Terman, spawned semiconductor companies like Intel and Fairchild, then influenced subsequent government strategies for promoting localized technology development.

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Cooke, P.. (2001). From Technopoles to Regional Innovation Systems: The Evolution of Localised Technology Development Policy. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.463.2493

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Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: regional-innovation-systems, policy, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28