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Sistemas regionales de innovación : Pasado, presente y futuro

Asheim, Björn LU ; Grillitsch, Markus LU and Trippl, Michaela LU (2019) In Revista Galega de Economia 28(2). p.4-22
Abstract

Since its development in the 1990s, the Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) approach has attracted considerable attention from economic geographers, innovation scholars and policy makers. The RIS approach is well-known in scientific discourse about the uneven geography of innovation and the factors that shape the knowledge generation and innovation capacities of regions. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the emergence of the RIS approach, the current debate as well as future challenges. This paper is structured around four over arching research questions: What are the origins and theoretical foundations of this ap-proach? What has the RIS approach contributed to innovation studies and economic geography? What are the implications for... (More)

Since its development in the 1990s, the Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) approach has attracted considerable attention from economic geographers, innovation scholars and policy makers. The RIS approach is well-known in scientific discourse about the uneven geography of innovation and the factors that shape the knowledge generation and innovation capacities of regions. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the emergence of the RIS approach, the current debate as well as future challenges. This paper is structured around four over arching research questions: What are the origins and theoretical foundations of this ap-proach? What has the RIS approach contributed to innovation studies and economic geography? What are the implications for innovation policy? And what are the recent lines of research and key research challenges in the future? We argue that the con-tributions of the RIS approach have been substantial. Nevertheless, the approach has often been applied in a rather static way, more as a heuristic than a coherent theory. The key challenges for current and future research, therefore, are to move towards a more theory-based, dynamic perspective on RIS, dealing with new path development and the transformation of RIS.

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Regional industrial change, Regional innovation policy, Regional innovation system, Research challenges, Transformation of innovation systems
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Revista Galega de Economia
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28
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2
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19 pages
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Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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1132-2799
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10.15304/rge.28.2.6190
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Spanish
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  publisher    = {{Universidad de Santiago de Compostela}},
  series       = {{Revista Galega de Economia}},
  title        = {{Sistemas regionales de innovación : Pasado, presente y futuro}},
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