Assessing the impact of public support for innovation in an emerging innovation system

Fernández-Sastre, Juan; Martín-Mayoral, Fernando

doi:10.1504/ijtlid.2017.10003734

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“…While RIS have initially emerged in developed areas -regions characterised by the presence of well-functioning services and infrastructures, specialised labour force, high level of human capital, and stable governmental, financial and educational institutions (as the Silicon Valley, see Saxenian, 1994) -there is an increasing evidence of RIS as well in lagging-behind regions which do not share the traditional RIS elements. This interesting phenomenon is gaining increasing attention in the literature (Lundvall et al, 2009;Coletti and Di Maria, 2015;Dhewanto et al, 2016;Fernández-Sastre and Martín-Mayoral, 2017;Guimon, 2017).…”

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How do research intensive systems emerge in less developed areas? The case of mechatronics in the Italian southern region Apulia

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Regional innovation systems (RISs) are increasingly emerging in less developed areas. Based on the case study of the mechatronic cluster in the Italian southern region, Apulia, this paper analyses how institutions have managed to promote the establishment of a RIS in disadvantaged areas. Through a longitudinal analysis over more than half a century, the Apulian case study shows that the creation of this RIS in less developed areas is the result of a dynamic process characterised by a multi-level governance, initially promoted by the central government through a top-down logic, and then integrated by action of local actors through a bottom-up approach. A key role is played by the regionalisation of innovation policies and by the strategic action of regional public institutions to promote the interaction among enterprises and universities. Our analysis highlights that several ingredients should simultaneously occur for a regional innovation policy to be effective. Any regional innovation strategy significantly lacking one of these core pre-conditions and ingredients is risky. Policy-makers should carefully study the opportunities and challenges arising from local contexts before embarking in ambitious place-based innovation strategies.

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