“…The concept of the RIS, which emerged in the 1990 s, proves that the regional dimension is crucial for innovation systems [Asheim, Gertler, 2009;Cooke, Boekholt, Tödtling, 1999;Doloreux, Parto, 2005;Sternberg, 2007]. According to many studies related to innovation systems, regions are considered to be key to the effective performance of innovation systems for three reasons: first, they differ in their industrial specialisation and innovation position [Paci, Usai, 2000]; second, knowledge spillovers are usually geographically bounded [Asheim, Coenen, 2005;Stejskal, Hajek, 2015]; and third, tacit knowledge is important for innovation processes [Gertler, 2003;Howells, 2002;Stejskal, Kuvíková, Meričková, 2018].…”