Smart specialisation strategies: towards an outward-looking approach

Autor(en)
Alessio Giustolisi, Maximilian Benner, Michaela Trippl
Abstrakt

In recent years, regional innovation policies across Europe have relied on the smart specialisation approach to support new path development. However, its focus on endogenous knowledge flows remains a major weakness of the approach. This article argues that smart specialisation has to adopt an outward-looking approach that combines knowledge flows external and internal to the region. Based on four stylised types of regions, the article proposes generic strategies that can be pursued through smart specialisation. In terms of its policy implications, the article argues that policymakers should develop their regions’ external connectedness strategically to leverage complementarities in global knowledge flows for new path development.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Journal
European Planning Studies
Band
31
Seiten
738-757
Anzahl der Seiten
20
ISSN
0965-4313
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2068950
Publikationsdatum
05-2022
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/38900428-eafb-4598-b7c4-4df4722ffe7f