The operationalization of smart specialization policy has been rather limited because a
coherent set of analytical tools to guide the policy directives remains elusive. We propose a …

Smart Specialisation was conceived as a 'bottom-up'framework to identify new growth paths
connected to knowledge cores within regions. Although operationalization of Smart …

This paper examines the ways by which organizational and institutional features of regional
innovation systems shape smart specialization practices in less-developed, intermediate …

Regional growth in the European Union hinges to a large extent on smart specialization, a
new and exciting theme in economic innovation studies. Advances in the Theory and …

Smart Specialisation is closely associated with the concept of diversification. For a better
understanding of Smart Specialisation, this paper examines one little-explored explanatory …

Regional capabilities are regarded a pillar of Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3). There is yet
little focus in S3 policy on the role of interregional linkages. This study on 292 NUTS-2 …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to show that the approaches to smart specialisation
being adopted in different European Union (EU) regions are likely to be heavily shaped by …

The concept of smart specialization has attracted great interest and has been adopted
widely in European regional and innovation policy. Foresight is an important part of creating …

This note studies the mechanisms through which regional economies diversify over time and
formulates suggestions on how policy can influence such process. In particular, two closely …

During the last five years, we can observe a soaring academic interest in the concept of
smart specialization. A burgeoning literature emerged both conceptually and empirically. In …