Regional development and innovation: the role of services

Francisco Mas-Verdu, Domingo Ribeiro Soriano and Salvador Roig Dobon

The Service Industries Journal, 2008, vol. 30, issue 5, 633-641

Abstract: This special issue examines the role of services within the relationship between regional development and innovation. The analysis described here clearly shows the importance of the institutional elements that go to make up each regional environment. These institutional elements are not only formal and informal but also include intermediary organisations and services, in particular, knowledge-intensive ones. Fostering services based on connection and transfer (technological centres etc.), constitutes a strategic line of action in regional innovation policy. These services have a dual purpose. They both enable interaction between agents located in the same area and promote connections between firms in networks outside the region.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/02642060802398085

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