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From Regional Systems of Innovation to Regions as Innovation Policy Spaces

Elvira Uyarra, Kieron Flanagan · 2010 · Environment and Planning C Government and Policy

Summary. Regional innovation systems have become widely used in policy-making, but this approach overstates some regional roles while underemphasizing others. The authors argue that treating regions primarily as innovation systems obscures their actual function as spaces where innovation policy gets made and implemented. They illustrate these problems using England's North West region.

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Uyarra, E., & Flanagan, K.. (2010). From Regional Systems of Innovation to Regions as Innovation Policy Spaces. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1068/c0961

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DOI
10.1068/c0961
Countries
United Kingdom
Regions
Europe
Categories
regional-innovation-systems, policy, general-innovation
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2026-04-28