Friday, 26 July 2019

The Public Animateur: mission-led innovation and the “smart state” in Europe

an article by Kevin Morgan (Cardiff University, Wales, UK) and Pedro Marques (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) published in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Volume 12 Issue 2 (July 2019)

Abstract

The primary aim of this article is to reprise the debate about the role and competence of the state in innovation and development, building on the contributions of new industrial policy.

It then examines the experience of one of the most ambitious mission-led innovation programmes ever launched in Europe, the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) programme, which has been influenced by industrial policy ideas.

The article also identifies a number of challenges facing the S3 programme, particularly in the less-developed regions of the European Union, where these challenges are most pronounced.

JEL Classification: R11, P48, O38, L52


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