Creating Growth by Connecting Place-Based Development Strategies

With reference to existing literature and experiences so far, the paper outlines a conceptual framework of how transnational cooperation may strengthen regional place-based development strategies and improve regional innovation capabilities.

Abstract

The paper explains how interregional partnerships build on the efforts and results achieved in national and regional research and innovation strategies for Smart Specialisation and how, as a result of this, new European innovation eco-systems are emerging.

With reference to existing literature and empricial evidence, the paper outlines a conceptual framework of how transnational cooperation may strengthen regional place-based development strategies and improve regional innovation capacities.

Key analytical concepts are: proximity, knowledge complexity, entrepreneurial discovery processes, stakeholder analysis and cluster emergence.