Constructing regional advantage: Platform policies based on related variety and differentiated knowledge bases

Bjørn Asheim, Ron Boschma and Philip Cooke

No 709, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Section of Economic Geography

Abstract: The article presents a regional innovation policy model, based on the idea of constructing regional advantage. This policy model brings together concepts like related variety, knowledge bases and policy platforms. Related variety attaches great importance to knowledge spillovers across complementary sectors, possibly in a region. Then, the paper categorises knowledge into ‘analytical’ (science based), ‘synthetic’ (engineering based) and ‘symbolic’ (artistic based) in nature, with different ‘virtual’ and real proximity mixes. Finally, the implications of this are traced for evolving ‘platform policies’ that facilitate economic development within and between regions in action lines appropriate to related variety and differentiated knowledge bases.

Keywords: Related variety; Differentiated knowledge bases; Platform policy, Regional innovation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R58 O38 B52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-knm and nep-ure
Date: 2007-11, Revised 2007-11
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