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来源

EUROPEAN URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue2,P.187-205

语言

英文

关键字

Innovation policies; open innovation; innovation processes; regional development; territories; TO-FACE CONTACT; KNOWLEDGE CREATION; CLUSTER POLICY; RELATIONAL DISTANCE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; SOFT SPACES; SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIES; COMMUNITIES; PROXIMITY

作者单位

[Schmidt, Suntje; Mueller, Felix C.; Ibert, Oliver; Brinks, Verena] Leibniz Inst Res Soc & Space IRS, Erkner, Germany. [Schmidt, Suntje; Ibert, Oliver] Humboldt Univ, Berlin, Germany. Schmidt, S (reprint author), Leibniz Inst Res Soc & Space IRS, Dynam Econ Spaces, Res Dept, Flakenstr 28-31, D-15537 Erkner, Germany. E-Mail: suntje.schmidt@leibniz-irs.de

摘要

The starting point of the article is the observation of an increasing convergence of regional development and innovation policies. These policies are heavily influenced by territorial innovation models that have been extensively revised since they first came about over 30 years ago. Yet, more recent trends towards digitalisation and conceptual advances towards a time-spatial perspective on innovation processes require a more fundamental re-thinking of the nexus of development, innovation policies and territoriality. This paper therefore aims to advance an agenda for reconceptualising region-based innovation policies beyond the assumptions of territoriality implicit in territorial innovations models and related policy schemes. Open Region is a heuristic way of thinking about proactive policy measures for redesigning the dialectic interplay between territorial openness and closure. These measures, in essence, aim at creating and exploiting opportunities for innovation within a region by mobilising external expertise and establishing local anchors for innovation. Finally, we address the limitations of applicability and discuss incentives for regional actors to embark on Open Region strategies. The suggested measures can work together, yet it is also possible to utilise them in an eclectic manner or to selectively recombine them in order to address different local conditions.