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 …

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 …

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 …

The smart specialization strategy is now a reality. With regions and nations having
completed the technical fulfillment of the ex-ante conditionality and the related action plans …

Dieter F. Kogler a,, Emil Evenhuis b,, Elisa Giuliani c,, Ron Martin d, Elvira Uyarra e, and
Ron Boschma f aSpatial Dynamics Lab, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental …

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

Grand societal challenges as a policy target have received increasing attention in regional
innovation policy. To date, concrete governance strategies to address such challenges with …

Smart specialisation is the most ambitious regional innovation programme ever to be
launched in the European Union and it affords a unique opportunity to explore the interplay …

This paper investigates how and to what extent the Smart Specialisation approach to
innovation policy is currently being translated into strategic decisions and policy …

Innovation policy is embedded in local contexts that shape its courses and outcomes.
However, the role of context is often neglected in the design and implementation of …