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TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE
Author(s) -
Molle Willem
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1983.tb01649.x
Subject(s) - regional science , regional policy , macro , regional development , european community , selection (genetic algorithm) , political science , economic geography , business , economics , sociology , computer science , international trade , law , programming language , artificial intelligence
Recently, the spatial aspects of innovation have received increased attention, from researchers first, and later from policy makers. In this paper we show how some concepts of‘macro’innovation theory, such as 'selection environment’and‘facilitators and constraints’can be used to advantage in matters of regional development. From the results of some case studies for specific European regions we have drawn an outline of a regional innovation policy for the European Community. However, to be successful, such a policy needs to be tailored to the specific requirements of each region.