Francesco Cappellano
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1521525 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Francesco Cappellano |
| PRENOMES | Francesco |
| SOBRENOME | Cappellano |
| ASSINATURA | CAPPELLANO F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Eastern Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3061-433X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Embedding the mission-oriented approach in smart specialization strategies
This paper explores how the mission-oriented approach (MOA) can be embedded into the existing policy framework, especially at the local level, by focusing on the specific case of smart specialization strategies (S3s). In response to mounting pressure to shift from a competitiveness-driven paradigm to one oriented at tackling societal challenges, regional innovation strategies such as S3s have increasingly claimed to incorporate MOA elements. Agai…
A media-based indicator for studying functional cross-border regions
Administrative borders rarely match those of functional cross-border regions (CBRs). The mismatch hampers the study of CBRs. Here a novel media-based indicator is proposed for studying functional CBRs. The indicator is based on the similarity of topics, tone and geographical focus of articles in newspapers on adjacent sides of a border. The feasibility of the indicator was tested with three US–Canadian cases. The indicator aligns with tangible cr…
Building Anticipatory Capacity for Transformative Resilience
Grand Societal Challenges (GSCs) require regional policymakers to develop new forms of anticipatory capacity. This is defined as the ability to navigate uncertainty, align diverse stakeholders and direct development towards long-term societal goals. This study argues that, when implemented throughout the entire policy cycle, strategic foresight is a vital tool for building such capacity and positioning regions for transformative resilience. Using…
Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation
Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring the potential implications for RIS arising from the decline, disruption or reconfiguration of internatio…
Mind the border! Agents and functions to shape regional challenge-oriented innovation policy
This paper explores the operationalization of policy directionality in terms of goal consistency as well as the spatial dimensions of problems and solutions. The study focuses on cross-border regions (CBRs), since they are engaged in cooperation to tackle common challenges. This study employs a comparative analysis across two EU CBRs, drawing on a theoretical framework that integrates the trinity of agency scholarships and the literature on the m…
Regional R&I ventures to tackle climate change
This paper analyses how EU regions have aligned their innovation and policy endeavours to tackle exposure to the effects of Climate Change at regional level. Scholars hailed the need to orienting efforts and resources to tackle societal challenges. However, we have little empirical evidence on the alignment of R&I ecosystems and policy endeavours towards tackling Climate Change. Using regression analysis, we assess the relationship between such d…
Exploring senses of place and belonging in the Finnish, Italian and U.S. craft beer industry
This paper explores how microbreweries are engaged within the local communities they serve. It investigates whether the relationship between microbreweries and their home localities is driven by microbreweries’ senses of place and belonging or by market-driven rationales instrumentally promoted through territorial branding strategies. Drawing from earlier literature the paper proposes a typology of microbreweries’ senses of place and belonging ba…
Where innovation meets directionality
The growing interest in addressing societal challenges is changing research and innovation policy dynamics. However, a challenge-oriented approach requires specific public sector capacities to coordinate and provide directionality, while having an innovation ecosystem with sufficient scientific and technological capabilities to address the grand societal challenges effectively. From this perspective, a challenge-oriented policy is not a one-size-…
Do natural disasters accelerate sustainability transitions? Insights from the Central Italy earthquake
This paper examines whether natural disasters open a policy window of opportunity for sustainable transition in lagging regions. Bridging disaster studies and the transition management approach, the authors define the Post-Disaster Policy Window of Opportunity (PPWO) concept, as a heuristic tool to assess the acceleration of a sustainable transition generated by a shock. The paper applies PPWO to the case study of the Central Italy earthquake (20…
Sieve or Shield? High Tech Firms and Entrepreneurs and the Impacts of Covid 19 on North American Border Regions
This study examines the role of international borders in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to unprecedented national decisions to close borders in order to contain the domestic contagion. The idea that borders act as shields conflicts with the needs of cross-border regions, as they rely on networks straddling the borders for goods and services’ provisions. This paper explores different approaches at individual, local, and regional polic…
Bringing borders back into cross-border regional innovation systems
International boundaries have been mainly considered as barriers in literature on the 'cross-border regional innovation system' (CBRIS), in line with their traditional understanding. In this paper, we underline that such a perspective presents limits, and argue in favour of an understanding of multidimensional borders that are subject to dynamic change over time. By mobilizing conceptualizations from the field of border studies, we examine the va…
Cross border regional planning
This analysis focuses on different levels of Cross-Border Regional Planning (CBRP) processes in the Cascadia borderland. The region is home to the business-led initiative ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’ (CIC), designed to foster cross-border economic integration. The CIC strives to build a global innovation ecosystem in Cascadia, including a new high-speed train to connect Seattle and Vancouver. This paper focuses on the scope of the CIC as a CBRP…
The Proximity Puzzle in Cross-Border Regions
This paper studies cross-border cooperation at the US-Canadian Cascadia region by implementing an in-depth analysis to examine the role of cognitive proximity as a proxy for favourable conditions for cross-border economic interaction (measured as co-publications, co-patents and networking). The analysis deploys primary and secondary data sources analysed with qualitative and quantitative methods. Based on the results, the case study region demons…
Cross-border regional innovation ecosystems
Economic drivers in cross-border regional innovation systems
This paper investigates the main forces driving economic integration in cross-border regions (CBRs). Drawing on the proximity framework, it contends that all four forms of proximity need to be stressed in cross-border regional economic integration discourses. The paper is based on a comparison of two cross-border regional contexts in North America, which have been investigated using a survey and semi-structured interviews. Based upon the data col…
Bringing borders back into cross-border regional innovation systems
International boundaries have been mainly considered as barriers in literature on the 'cross-border regional innovation system' (CBRIS), in line with their traditional understanding. In this paper, we underline that such a perspective presents limits, and argue in favour of an understanding of multidimensional borders that are subject to dynamic change over time. By mobilizing conceptualizations from the field of border studies, we examine the va…
Cross-border regional innovation ecosystems
Economic drivers in cross-border regional innovation systems
This paper investigates the main forces driving economic integration in cross-border regions (CBRs). Drawing on the proximity framework, it contends that all four forms of proximity need to be stressed in cross-border regional economic integration discourses. The paper is based on a comparison of two cross-border regional contexts in North America, which have been investigated using a survey and semi-structured interviews. Based upon the data col…
Sieve or Shield? High Tech Firms and Entrepreneurs and the Impacts of Covid 19 on North American Border Regions
This study examines the role of international borders in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to unprecedented national decisions to close borders in order to contain the domestic contagion. The idea that borders act as shields conflicts with the needs of cross-border regions, as they rely on networks straddling the borders for goods and services’ provisions. This paper explores different approaches at individual, local, and regional polic…
Regional R&I ventures to tackle climate change
This paper analyses how EU regions have aligned their innovation and policy endeavours to tackle exposure to the effects of Climate Change at regional level. Scholars hailed the need to orienting efforts and resources to tackle societal challenges. However, we have little empirical evidence on the alignment of R&I ecosystems and policy endeavours towards tackling Climate Change. Using regression analysis, we assess the relationship between such d…
Cross-border regional innovation ecosystems
Economic drivers in cross-border regional innovation systems
This paper investigates the main forces driving economic integration in cross-border regions (CBRs). Drawing on the proximity framework, it contends that all four forms of proximity need to be stressed in cross-border regional economic integration discourses. The paper is based on a comparison of two cross-border regional contexts in North America, which have been investigated using a survey and semi-structured interviews. Based upon the data col…
The Proximity Puzzle in Cross-Border Regions
This paper studies cross-border cooperation at the US-Canadian Cascadia region by implementing an in-depth analysis to examine the role of cognitive proximity as a proxy for favourable conditions for cross-border economic interaction (measured as co-publications, co-patents and networking). The analysis deploys primary and secondary data sources analysed with qualitative and quantitative methods. Based on the results, the case study region demons…
Cross border regional planning
This analysis focuses on different levels of Cross-Border Regional Planning (CBRP) processes in the Cascadia borderland. The region is home to the business-led initiative ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’ (CIC), designed to foster cross-border economic integration. The CIC strives to build a global innovation ecosystem in Cascadia, including a new high-speed train to connect Seattle and Vancouver. This paper focuses on the scope of the CIC as a CBRP…
Where innovation meets directionality
The growing interest in addressing societal challenges is changing research and innovation policy dynamics. However, a challenge-oriented approach requires specific public sector capacities to coordinate and provide directionality, while having an innovation ecosystem with sufficient scientific and technological capabilities to address the grand societal challenges effectively. From this perspective, a challenge-oriented policy is not a one-size-…
Do natural disasters accelerate sustainability transitions? Insights from the Central Italy earthquake
This paper examines whether natural disasters open a policy window of opportunity for sustainable transition in lagging regions. Bridging disaster studies and the transition management approach, the authors define the Post-Disaster Policy Window of Opportunity (PPWO) concept, as a heuristic tool to assess the acceleration of a sustainable transition generated by a shock. The paper applies PPWO to the case study of the Central Italy earthquake (20…
Sieve or Shield? High Tech Firms and Entrepreneurs and the Impacts of Covid 19 on North American Border Regions
This study examines the role of international borders in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to unprecedented national decisions to close borders in order to contain the domestic contagion. The idea that borders act as shields conflicts with the needs of cross-border regions, as they rely on networks straddling the borders for goods and services’ provisions. This paper explores different approaches at individual, local, and regional polic…
Bringing borders back into cross-border regional innovation systems
International boundaries have been mainly considered as barriers in literature on the 'cross-border regional innovation system' (CBRIS), in line with their traditional understanding. In this paper, we underline that such a perspective presents limits, and argue in favour of an understanding of multidimensional borders that are subject to dynamic change over time. By mobilizing conceptualizations from the field of border studies, we examine the va…
Exploring senses of place and belonging in the Finnish, Italian and U.S. craft beer industry
This paper explores how microbreweries are engaged within the local communities they serve. It investigates whether the relationship between microbreweries and their home localities is driven by microbreweries’ senses of place and belonging or by market-driven rationales instrumentally promoted through territorial branding strategies. Drawing from earlier literature the paper proposes a typology of microbreweries’ senses of place and belonging ba…
Mind the border! Agents and functions to shape regional challenge-oriented innovation policy
This paper explores the operationalization of policy directionality in terms of goal consistency as well as the spatial dimensions of problems and solutions. The study focuses on cross-border regions (CBRs), since they are engaged in cooperation to tackle common challenges. This study employs a comparative analysis across two EU CBRs, drawing on a theoretical framework that integrates the trinity of agency scholarships and the literature on the m…
Regional R&I ventures to tackle climate change
This paper analyses how EU regions have aligned their innovation and policy endeavours to tackle exposure to the effects of Climate Change at regional level. Scholars hailed the need to orienting efforts and resources to tackle societal challenges. However, we have little empirical evidence on the alignment of R&I ecosystems and policy endeavours towards tackling Climate Change. Using regression analysis, we assess the relationship between such d…
Embedding the mission-oriented approach in smart specialization strategies
This paper explores how the mission-oriented approach (MOA) can be embedded into the existing policy framework, especially at the local level, by focusing on the specific case of smart specialization strategies (S3s). In response to mounting pressure to shift from a competitiveness-driven paradigm to one oriented at tackling societal challenges, regional innovation strategies such as S3s have increasingly claimed to incorporate MOA elements. Agai…
A media-based indicator for studying functional cross-border regions
Administrative borders rarely match those of functional cross-border regions (CBRs). The mismatch hampers the study of CBRs. Here a novel media-based indicator is proposed for studying functional CBRs. The indicator is based on the similarity of topics, tone and geographical focus of articles in newspapers on adjacent sides of a border. The feasibility of the indicator was tested with three US–Canadian cases. The indicator aligns with tangible cr…
Building Anticipatory Capacity for Transformative Resilience
Grand Societal Challenges (GSCs) require regional policymakers to develop new forms of anticipatory capacity. This is defined as the ability to navigate uncertainty, align diverse stakeholders and direct development towards long-term societal goals. This study argues that, when implemented throughout the entire policy cycle, strategic foresight is a vital tool for building such capacity and positioning regions for transformative resilience. Using…
Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation
Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring the potential implications for RIS arising from the decline, disruption or reconfiguration of internatio…
Geography (10 obras) · Economic geography (9 obras) · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Regional science (7 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Regional Development and Policy (6 obras) · Economics (5 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (4 obras)