Regional Innovation Systems: A Critical Synthesis

Saeed Parto () and David Doloreux
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Saeed Parto: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies

No 2004-17, UNU-INTECH Discussion Paper Series from United Nations University - INTECH

Abstract: In recent years, the concept of Regional Innovation Systems has evolved into a widely used analytical framework generating the empirical foundation for innovation policy making. Yet, the approaches utilizing this framework remain ambiguous on such key issues as the territorial dimension of innovation, e.g., the region, and the apparently important role played by "institutions" or the institutional context in the emergence and sustenance of regional innovation systems. This paper reviews and summarizes the most important ideas and arguments of the recent theorizing on regional innovation systems to provide the basis for a critical examination of such issues as (1) definition confusion and empirical validation; (2) the territorial dimension of regional innovation systems; and (3) the role of institutions. Far from having the last word on these issues, our intent in this paper is to draw attention to the definitional deficiencies of regional system of innovation theorizing and the need to address them

Keywords: innovation systems; institutions; regionalisation; regions; research; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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