Regional Innovation Policies Compared

Bibliographic Data

ID10859627
AuthorsRobert Hassink (0000-0001-7524-4577, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume30
Issue6
Pages1009-1024
Publication date1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/00420989320080921
OpenAlexW2052377083
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited4

Regional policy and technology policy increasingly converge into regional innovation policies in the Europe of regions. The comparison of technology-transfer networks in the German regions Baden-Württemberg and the Ruhr with the British region of the North East of England, makes clear that national political settings determine the political and financial power which regions have to devise their own policies. The region with the largest political autonomy, Baden-Württemberg, creates the most transparent technology-transfer network. In the North East of England, both regionally based organisations and initiatives from the central government emerged at the same time. This caused a considerable overlap between activities of 'economic development industry' and a lack of co-ordination

Autonomy · Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Government (linguistics · International trade · Political science · Politics · Regional Policy · Regional science · Technology transfer · Innovation, Technology, and Society · Regional Development and Policy · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models

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