Multilevel policy governance and territorial adaptability: evidence from Japanese SME innovation programmes

Hiroyuki Okamuro, Junichi Nishimura and Fumi Kitagawa

Regional Studies, 2019, vol. 53, issue 6, 803-814

Abstract: Science, technology and innovation (STI) policies increasingly operate in a multilevel policy governance structure. This paper analyzes the variety of local authorities’ innovation support mechanisms for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Japan, drawing on a unique data set of 241 local SME research and development (R&D) subsidy programmes at the prefecture and city/municipality levels. The variation of SME R&D subsidy programmes in terms of institutional forms and coordination practices of multilevel innovation support mechanisms is analyzed as manifestations of the complex territorial adaptability. The institutional co-evolutionary processes between different levels of governments help both vertical and horizontal coordination in a highly centralized system.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1500687

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