Regional foresight and dynamics of smart specialization: A typology of regional diversification patterns

The North Sea Offshore Wind Service Industry: Status, perspectives and a joint action plan

“…In Denmark that was turbines, in Germany positioning & anchoring and grid connections, and in Norway vessels. In the UK the profile is more even across the relevant technologies [33]. Within the clusters, the actors rated collaboration between actors rather low on average.…”

“…First, most of the studies that focus on how foresight can contribute to innovation system policies adopt a predictive understanding of the future. Previous studies note that there is a strong need for assessing future development paths in innovation in order to develop effective innovation policy strategies [31,33]. However, forward looking (predicting, forecasting, and explorative) is only one approach to foresight.…”

“…In addition, a patent analysis and a bibliometric analysis ware carried out. The result of the patent analysis can be found elsewhere [33]. Based on the cluster descriptions, the partners sketched a SWOT 1 analysis for their own cluster including an analysis of the external strategic environment around each cluster (a STEPLED analysis 2 ).…”

“…The regional actors did a qualitative mapping. Side by side with the qualitative mapping, a patent analysis was conducted, details of which are reported elsewhere [33]. The regional actors' perception is that they cover the value chain more or less equally, however when going deeper into the competences, there are more nuances that are affected by the historical path of the regions.…”

Turismo y Sistemas Empresariales Resilientes: Factores Críticos de Adaptabilidad en Baños de Agua Santa – Ecuador

“…El sistema empresarial de Baños de Agua Santa, posterior al impacto de la erupción del volcán Tungurahua, orientó los recursos existentes, tanto tangibles como intangibles, hacia un nuevo mercado para el que fue necesario modificar la oferta, además desarrolló nuevos recursos para reforzar el nuevo sistema y sus redes internas y externas. Es decir, evidenció un proceso de especialización inteligente (Piirainen et al, 2016) que determinó un nuevo ciclo de desarrollo para la región. Se podría concluir de acuerdo a Boschma y Gianelle (2014) que Baños encontró un nuevo camino de desarrollo en la diferenciación de la habilidad existente (turismo) lograda a través de la construcción de nueva infraestructura, creación de eventos atractivos y una marcaciudad.…”