This is the first book on a new policy approach that has been widely adopted in Europe and
beyond. It analyses the concept of smart specialisation and discuss the need for smart …

Policy makers take initiatives to stimulate knowledge ecosystems in technology hotspots. It is
implicitly assumed that these ecosystems will lead to value networks through which the …

We use an augmented version of the UK Innovation Surveys 4–7 to explore firm-level and
local area openness externalities on firms' innovation performance. We find strong evidence …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to focus on the distinction between smart
specialisation and smart specialisation policy and it studies under what conditions a smart …

This paper explores the different incubation strategies for spinning-out companies employed
by European Research Institutions. More specifically, we focus on two central questions:(i) …

Universities have assumed an expanded role in science and technology-based economic
development that has become of interest to catch-up regions as well as to leading …

Industrial districts and regional clusters depend on the networks that arise from reciprocal
linkages among co-located organizations, while physical proximity among firms can alter the …

We examine the geographic co-location of university research and industrial R&D in three
technology areas. While we find strong evidence of co-location of these vertically connected …

Biotechnology, rather than a distinct industry like automobiles or steel, is instead a scientific
knowledge base—a rapidly evolving technology—that has economically valuable …

Abstract Eco-Industrial Parks (EIPs) are defined as a community of firms located in the same
area and linked in a network of collaborative relationships mainly aimed at enhancing …