European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 17 Issue 4

Guest editorial on research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation in Europe: Theory and practice of new innovation policy approaches

Mikel Landabaso

This Special Issue of the European Journal of Innovation Management sheds new light on the burning issue of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)…

Path dependence in policies supporting smart specialisation strategies : Insights from the Basque case

Jesús M. Valdaliso, Edurne Magro, Mikel Navarro, Mari Jose Aranguren, James R. Wilson

– The purpose of this paper is to apply the path dependence theoretical framework to STI policies that support research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3).

Smart specialisation in European regions: issues of strategy, institutions and implementation

Philip McCann, Raquel Ortega-Argilés

The purpose of this paper is to show that the approaches to smart specialisation being adopted in different European Union (EU) regions are likely to be heavily shaped by the…

Adapting smart specialisation to a micro-economy – the case of Malta

Luke Georghiou, and Elvira Uyarra, Ramona Saliba Scerri, Nadine Castillo, Jennifer Cassingena Harper

The purpose of this paper is to set out the process by which a smart specialisation strategy was developed for a small, peripheral economy in the European Union, the Republic of…

Smart specialisation strategies in south Europe during crisis

Nicos Komninos, Bernard Musyck, Alasdair Iain Reid

The purpose of this paper is to assess how national and regional authorities in south-east Europe in a period of crisis perceive and set in motion research and innovation…

Smart specialisation in the tangled web of European inter-regional trade

Carlo Gianelle, Xabier Goenaga, Ignacio González Vázquez, Mark Thissen

The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology to assess the outward connectivity among regional economies in the European Union (EU) and derives policy lessons for the…

From smart specialisation to smart specialisation policy

Dominique Foray

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the distinction between smart specialisation and smart specialisation policy and it studies under what conditions a smart specialisation…