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Knowledge, Innovation, and Regional Performance: Toward Smart Innovation Policies
Author(s) -
Capello Roberta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
growth and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1468-2257
pISSN - 0017-4815
DOI - 10.1111/grow.12006
Subject(s) - incentive , regional policy , dimension (graph theory) , regional science , set (abstract data type) , technology policy , business , knowledge economy , economics , economic system , political science , economy , sociology , computer science , microeconomics , social science , programming language , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
If the need to develop a knowledge economy at the regional level is increasingly evident to policy makers in Europe, the right set of policies to accomplish such an aim has not yet been devised, and is an important policy debate also at the European Community level. This special issue is a step forward in this direction. The design and implementation of regional innovation policies should take the specificities of each regional mode of innovation into account, and these peculiarities can be highlighted only through sound scientific conceptual and empirical analyses in which the regional dimension is carefully taken into consideration and the spatial effects of policy tools like R&D investments and innovation incentives clearly assessed in terms of their impact on regional growth in different regional contexts. It is in this spirit that this special issue has been conceived.