Universities and Smart Specialisation: challenges, tensions and opportunities for the innovation strategies of european regions

John Goddard, Louise Kempton and Paul Vallance
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John Goddard: Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies
Louise Kempton: Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies
Paul Vallance: Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2013, vol. 83, issue 02, 83-102

Abstract: This paper suggests that the core principles contained in the Smart Specialisation concept represent a set of challenges, tensions and opportunities for the position of universities in regional innovation strategies. These potential issues are discussed focusing on three particular elements of Smart Specialisation: the collective ‘entrepreneurial process of discovery’; the increased focus on specific areas of R&D and innovation specialisation within a regional economy that can generate distinctive competitive advantage; and the greater interest in trans-regional links and the relationship between territories in the European Union with different specialisations in the development and application of new technologies. The paper also identifies possible future barriers to the engagement of universities with regional Smart Specialisation Strategies.

Keywords: Universities; regional innovation policy; Smart Specialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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