Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a
powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation in …

A burgeoning strand of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) research is addressing
questions of regional path creation, based on the idea that place-specific legacies and …

The paper takes smart specialisation strategies as the point of departure and frame of
reference for the discussion of innovation policies and regional innovation systems. It aims …

Regions across the world are searching for ways to fashion new green growth paths and to
promote green shifts in mature industries. The article aims to explore conceptually and …

New industrial innovation policies like smart specialization aim at boosting economic growth
by diversification towards more complex and higher value economic activities. This paper …

A key challenge in sustainability transitions research is to better understand the huge variety
and spatial unevenness of transitions paths. Institutions and institutional change have been …

This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI)
policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation …

The paper proposes a critical review of the debate on related versus unrelated
diversification undergoing within and across Evolutionary Economic Geography. It remarks …

Schot and Steinmueller (2018) argue that science, technology and innovation policies can
be framed in three different ways following the Second World War. The first framing, which …

Iran has implemented financial and legal support policies for new technology-based firms
(NTBFs) since 2009. An assessment of these policies shows an unintended effect of …