What is evolutionary about ‘regional systems of innovation’? Implications for regional policy

By Elvira Uyarra. 2009

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations

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Innovativeness and business performances in tourism SMEs. (2015, background): “Among the distinctive characteristics of the evolutionary economy, we find that the firm and its routines are the main unit of analysis (Uyarra, 2010).”
Nurturing novelty: Regional innovation policy in the age of smart specialisation (2017, background): “The value of the institutional entrepreneurship perspective is that it “provides an analytical framework of how various agents behave – how they interact, relate and evolve with wider institutional constellations” (Sotarauta and Pulkkinen, 2011:100; see also Uyarra, 2010).”
Reconceptualising the 'policy mix' for innovation (2011, background): “29 We have already discussed windows of opportunity in policy agenda-setting. mixes and institutional frameworks which have been shaped through successive policy changes (Uyarra, 2010).”
Four dangers in innovation policy studies – and how to avoid them (2016, methodology): “Policies are adopted into a context of pre-existing policy and actor/role mixes and institutional frameworks that have evolved over time (Uyarra 2010).”
Multilevel innovation policy mix: A closer look at state policies that augment the federal SBIR program (2015, unknown): “Policy actions may be conceptualized as a response to other policies: they are adopted in a pre-existing context and institutional framework that have been shaped by successive policy changes (Uyarra, 2010).”
Advancing regional innovation systems: What does evolutionary economic geography bring to the policy table? (2017, background): “It thus addresses the lack of micro level foundations often attributed to RIS studies (Uyarra 2010).”
Inside the high-tech black box: A critique of technology entrepreneurship policy (2014, background): “…recent observations highlighting the limits to policy action by innovation policy makers and suggests that bold or radical new policy initiatives need to go hand-in-hand with greater levels of institutional capacity building at a local level (Uyarra and Flanagan, 2010; Melancon and Doloreux, 2013).”
A review of (almost) 20 years of regional innovation systems research (2017, background): “Moreover, this environment also includes an innovation-supportive culture and policies that enable both firms and systems to evolve over time (Uyarra, 2010).”
Regional innovation policies for new path development – beyond neo-liberal and traditional systemic views (2018, background): “But also these latter approaches have been criticized for being too little theory-based, overly static and too much confined to predefined territories such as regions or countries (Binz & Truffer, 2017; Uyarra, 2010; Weber & Truffer, 2017).”
Institutional Entrepreneurship for Knowledge Regions: In Search of a Fresh Set of Questions for Regional Innovation Studies (2011, background): “On the basis of their extensive literature reviews on regional innovation systems, Uyarra (2010) and Uyarra and Flanagan (2010) conclude that, more often than not, in these and related studies actors are seen as components of the system rather than as purposive agents.”