Common Trajectories of Regional Competitiveness in the Knowledge Economy: A European Investigation

Maria Sole Brioschi () and Lucio Cassia

No 511, Working Papers from Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo

Abstract: This paper analyses a number of European regions that in the last decade, through a considerable change in their economic base, experienced a remarkable growth path and a significant increase in their competitiveness. The analysis was carried out with the aim of recognizing the main determinants (or factors) of territorial development behind each regional renewal process and capturing (in a necessarily stylized manner) a number of common trajectories of regional competitiveness. Interestingly, all regional ‘success stories’ are strongly dependent on the presence of a tri-polar regional innovation system ‘gluing’ firms, institutions and academia.

Keywords: regional innovation system; factors of territorial development; trajectories of regional competitiveness; regional development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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