Advances in the Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization
Coordonnateurs : Radosevic Slavo, Curaj Adrian, Gheorghiu Radu, Andreescu Liviu, Wade Imogen
Regional growth in the European Union hinges to a large extent on smart specialization, a new and exciting theme in economic innovation studies. Advances in the Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization illuminates problems that have stifled the implementation of smart specialization policies, such as unique regional constraints and the inter-dependent demands of economic growth and commercial development. Forward-looking and pragmatic, it provides guidance for developing smart specialization strategies both to those involved in European affairs and others grappling with regional innovation and economic development worldwide.
1. Assessing EU Smart Specialization Policy in a Comparative Perspective 2. The Economic Fundamentals of Smart Specialization Strategies 3. Managing Self-Discovery: Diagnostic Monitoring of a Portfolio of Projects and Programs 4. Smart Specialization as an Innovation-Driven Strategy for Economic Diversification: Examples From Scandinavian Regions 5. Smart Specialization Policy in an Economically Well-Developed, Multilevel Governance System 6. Innovation Policy in Southern Europe: Smart Specialization Versus Path Dependence 7. Smart Specialization in the US Context; Lessons From the Growth of the Albany, New York Nanotechnology Cluster 8. New Structural Economics and Industrial Policies for Catching-Up Economies 9. Smart Specialization With Short-Cycle Technologies and Implementation Strategies to Avoid Both Target and Design Failures 10. Lessons for a Policy Maker From Real-Life Self-Discovery in Economies With Weak Institutions 11. Transnationalizing Smart Specialization Strategy 12. Can Smart Specialization and Entrepreneurial Discovery be Organized by the Government? Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe 13. From Strategy to Implementation: The Real Challenge for Smart Specialization Policy 14. Entrepreneurial Discovery as a Foresight for Smart Specialization; Trade-Offs of Inclusive and Evidence-Based Consensus 15. Advancing Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization: Key Messages
Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals worldwide working in economic development and growth, especially in regional contexts
Adrian Curaj ia a Professor at Politehnica University of Bucharest, and the holder of the UNESCO Chair on Science and Innovation Policies at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration. Prof. Curaj is a former Minister of Education, Science and Innovation (2015-2016). He served as the General Director of the Executive Agency for the Funding of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Development and Innovation (2011-2015) and as the President of the National Authority of Scientific Research (2009-2010). Adrian Curaj has experience in designing and managing science & innovation and higher education policies. Prof. Curaj is the co-editor, among others, of Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and Emerging Opportunities (Springer, 2014), Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education (Springer, 2014), Higher Education Reforms in Romania – Between the Bologna Process and National Challenges (Springer, 2014), European Higher Education at the Crossroads: Between the Bologna Process and National Reforms (Springer, 2012).
Radu Gheorghiu is Senior Researcher with the Romanian Academy’s Institute of World Economy in Bucharest. Over the past decade he been designing and implementing forward-looking strategic projects in the fields of science and innovati
- Emphasizes specific contexts for smart specialization, its international approach and institutional preconditions
- Examines comparable initiatives worldwide
- Explains how to implement smart specialization policies given different development levels of regions and countries
Date de parution : 08-2017
Ouvrage de 394 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes d’Advances in the Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization :
Mots-clés :
Argentina; Baltic States; catch-up; Central and Eastern Europe economies; convergence; cooperative manufacturing centers; depoliticization; economic diversification; economic growth; entrepreneurial discovery; EU policy; EU smart specialization; European Structural and Investments Funds; European structural funds; experiments; exploratory phase; Germany; global value chain analysis; global value chains; governance; Gross Domestic Product; industrial commons; industrial policies; industrial policy; Industrial Revolution; innovation; innovation policy; innovation systems; innovation-based competition; innovation-based growth; institutional heterogeneity diagnostic monitoring; institutional thickness; institutions; internal diversity; JRC-IPTS; labor productivity; learning; lessons from the European Union; middle-income trap; New York nanotechnology cluster; paradox; pockets of excellence; policy; policy actors; policy cycle; policy instruments; politics; regional development; regional innovation strategy; research and development; research and innovation strategies; Russia; Schumpeterian approach; Schumpeterian development agency; search networks; sector-nonneutral policy; self-discovery; semiconductor fabrication; short-cycle technologies; Smart Specialization; smart specialization strategy; Southern Europe; technological innovations; technology; university-industry cooperation
