(1) Background: Regional Innovation Strategies on Smart Specialisation (RIS3) receive
higher attention due to the start of the new European funding period 2021–2027. Compared …

The recent change in the regional development strategy of the European Union (EU) results
in an important need to study the terms of change and their respective implications. This …

The article aims to shed light on why and how Smart Specialization Strategies in European
countries can promote the development of Industry 4.0 actions in the next programming …

Smart specialization strategies (RIS3) have exploded in number across Europe over the
past couple of years, among others due to the European Commission's sustained effort–both …

The clustering of firms in related fields has a positive impact on economic performance and
innovative behaviour. The cluster lifecycle model provides a framework in order to add a …

This paper introduces an analytical framework for understanding how specialized and
diversified regional innovation system (RIS) differ in the way an entrepreneurial discovery …

There is a generalized interest in the so-called New Industrial Policies (NIP) and on
European Policies based on Smart Specialisation Strategies and more recently their use for …

The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the applied research methods that have
been used to examine smart specialisation. For this review, papers from various sources …

Smart specialisation is indeed an example of fruitful interaction between science and policy.
The concept was first developed in the context of a highlevel expert group on 'Knowledge for …

Do anchor infrastructures matter for regional Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3)? This
paper investigates the potential of anchor infrastructures to leverage RIS3. An exploratory …