02631    a2200373   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001800069037003600087040000700123041000800130072001500138072001500153072001600168072001500184072001300199072001300212072001400225072001300239072002100252072002100273072002100294072002100315072001800336100001800354245006700372250000600439260003200445300001000477520170900487700002402196700002202220999001502242131552619020250317111607.0250312042016GB        66           eng    a9781315526195  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 43.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aGTP2thema7 aRGC2thema7 aJBSD2thema7 aKCD2thema7 aGTF2bic7 aRGC2bic7 aJFSG2bic7 aKCD2bic7 aBUS0000002bisac7 aBUS0200002bisac7 aBUS0690002bisac7 aBUS0720002bisac7 a330.942bisac1 aPhilip McCann10aEmpirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20161125  a234 p  bSmart specialisation is the new policy approach to the development of regional innovation systems across Europe and it involves fostering innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives which are well tailored to the local context. The different technologies, skills profiles, business activities, institutions and sectors which reflect a region’s economic strengths and potential are to be fostered and encouraged to diversify in ways which also exploit the region’s linkages with broader global value-chains. Yet, the ideas contained in the smart specialisation agenda have until now been primarily conceptual in nature. The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation draws together some of the leading regional economists and scientists in Europe to analyse how smart specialisation is working in practice. This book investigates different dimensions of the agenda as it is developing across parts of Europe from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. The quantitative analysis examines the nature of the diversification processes undertaken by regions and the interplay between the chosen local regional development priorities and the wider global value-chain impacts of these choices. Meanwhile, the qualitative analysis examines the institutional opportunities and challenges facing policy makers and the key elements most likely to provide the underpinnings of a workable set of policy settings. The book is aimed both at academic researchers interested in the interface between economic geography and regional innovation systems as well as at policy makers making public policy decisions related to regional development at the local, city, regional or national levels.1 aFrank van Oort4B011 aJohn Goddard4B01  c4634d4634