On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

Hassink Robert (), Plum Oliver and Rickmers Arne
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Hassink Robert: Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
Plum Oliver: Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
Rickmers Arne: Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2014, vol. 33, issue 4, 7-16

Abstract: Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies

Keywords: regional innovation policy; place-based approach; knowledge bases; fine-tuning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2014-0045

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