To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms
Summary. Regional economic development requires building endogenous advantage by integrating economic strengths, knowledge assets, governance, and creativity. The paper argues that policy platforms mixing diverse instruments can promote related variety among industries, enabling innovations to diffuse across technology platforms where absorptive capacity is high. This approach addresses regional imbalances more effectively than relying on regional learning alone.
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Cooke, P.. (2007). To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms. European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310601078671
Cooke, Philip. “To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms.” European Planning Studies, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310601078671.
Cooke, Philip. 2007. “To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms.” European Planning Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654310601078671.
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title = {To Construct Regional Advantage from Innovation Systems First Build Policy Platforms},
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journal = {European Planning Studies},
year = {2007},
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- DOI
- 10.1080/09654310601078671
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- regional-innovation-systems, policy, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28