Innovation policy at regional level

SME policy and the Regional Dimension of Innovation : Towards a New Paradigm for Innovation Policy ?

Based on the empirical findings achieved in a comparative research, involving 40 innovation policy instruments in 11 European regions, this paper exposes the claim for a new innovation policy paradigm and proposes a shift in rationale and in broad orientations for innovation policy, addressing SMEs in their regional context. The main role for innovation policy, which aims to increase the capaci...

Cohesion policy at the interface between regional development and the promotion of innovation

Taking the implications of the cohesion policy framework for innovation governance as a starting point, it is the objective of this paper to discuss challenges for regional policy making with regard to a policy mix that is new to regional policy makers. Based on two German regions representing convergence and competitive and employment regions it will be discussed how regional policy makers can...

European Innovation Policy through the European Regional Development Fund

Regional innovation systems in Hungary: The failing synergy at the national level

We use entropy statistics in this paper to measure the synergies of knowledge exploration, knowledge exploitation, and organizational control in the Hungarian innovation system. Our data consists of high-tech, medium-tech firms, and knowledge-intensive services categorized in terms of sub-regions (proxy for geography), industrial sectors (proxy for technology), and firm size (proxy for organiza...

What is Evolutionary about ‘Regional Systems of Innovation’? Implications for Regional Policy

The literature on Regional Systems of Innovation (RSI) has produced an extensive body of research in recent years and has been used widely as a framework for the design and implementation of policies in a variety of regional contexts. However, certain lack of clarity remains in relation to the defining elements and the dynamics of RSI. This lack of clarity is motivated by the fact that the conc...