An institutionalist perspective on smart specialization: Towards a political economy of regional innovation policy
- Autor(en)
- Maximilian Benner
- Abstrakt
The smart specialization approach has guided regional innovation policies in Europe for roughly a decade. However, the policy practice under the approach has met considerable criticism which suggests the existence of significant gaps between the conceptual level and the level of policy implementation. To explain and understand the reasons for these gaps, this article proposes an institutionalist perspective rooted in neo-institutional sociology. In particular, the article draws on concepts such as ceremony, myth, and isomorphism and argues that such an institutionalist perspective can provide one of several fields of further research on the political economy of regional innovation policy. Pursuing such research is particularly relevant to inform policymaking in the coming years, given the current tendency to re-orient smart specialization towards challenge orientation, directionality, normativity, and sustainability.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
- Journal
- Science and Public Policy
- Band
- 49
- Seiten
- 878-889
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 12
- ISSN
- 0302-3427
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac035
- Publikationsdatum
- 06-2022
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 502014 Innovationsforschung, 507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Geography, Planning and Development, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Public administration
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/an-institutionalist-perspective-on-smart-specialization-towards-a-political-economy-of-regional-innovation-policy(0b27fd62-e657-43c5-ba90-d31c405fb894).html