Innovation, democracy and efficiency : exploring the innovation puzzle within the European Union's regional development policies
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Innovation, democracy and efficiency : exploring the innovation puzzle within the European Union's regional development policies
(Palgrave advances in regional and urban economics)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index
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Endogenous growth theory has significantly impacted most of the developing and developed countries, shifting priorities of industrial policies towards innovation. In line with this trend, the European Union significantly increased its budgetary allocation for R&D. However, statistical data show a weak correlation between R&D expenditure and the acceleration of economic growth. Regional innovation policies display divergent returns according to different institutional conditions and policy choices.
Grillo and Nanetti attempt to understand the reasons that lie behind differences in performance. Their results show that better performing innovation strategies require the following factors: clear choices of locally congruent smart specialization; strong capacity of public investment to stimulate additional private investment; clear distribution of responsibilities for decision-making and independence of policy implementation from political interference; and problem solving partnerships amongst innovators, universities, and governments that pre-exist the programmes. These factors point to a relationship between democracy (defined as openness of policy-making) and innovation (as technology-enabled growth) which is explored throughout this book.
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Table Of Contents
List Of Figures
List Of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF INNOVATION POLICIES
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What Is Innovation After All And Why Definition Matters
1.3 Endogenous Growth Theory And Its Impact On Regional Development Policies
1.4 Empirical Evidence And The Puzzle Of Innovation
1.5 Why Innovation Policies May Fail
1.6 Merits And Limits Of Smart Specialization As The New Paradigm Of Innovation In EU Regional Policies
1.7 Democracy And Efficiency For Success In Innovation: A Conceptual Framework Of Partnerships
1.8 Organization Of The Book
PART II: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES AND INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS
2.1 Exploring The Thesis: Six Case Studies And Their Approaches To Innovation Policies
2.2 Innovation And Regional Policies: Two Different Approaches
2.3 UK: The Paradox Of Innovation Policies In An Innovation Driven Economy
2.4 Spain: Innovation Policies As A Redistributive Tool
2.5 Comparing And Contrasting Institutional Settings
PART III: INNOVATION AND THE PUZZLE OF DEVOLUTION IN THE UK
3.1 Three Development Policies And An Institutional Puzzle
3.2 The Differences In Policy Performance: 2000-2013
3.2.1 The Design Of Development And Innovation Strategies
3.2.2 The Capacity To Make Choices
3.3 Devolution, Centralization And Innovation
3.3.1 Wales: A Failed Devolution
3.3.2 Yorkshire: A Development Strategy Led By Technocrats
3.3.3 Scotland: Conditions For Successful Decentralization
3.3.4 The Discontinuity Of Smart Specialization
3.4 Conclusions: Appropriate Institutional Levels For Successful Innovation Strategies
PART IV: SPAIN AND INNOVATION AS A POLITICAL IMPERATIVE
4.1 A Country Defined By Nationalism And Autonomy
4.2 Differences In Performance And Explanations
4.2.1 The Design Of Development And Innovation Strategies
4.2.2 The Making Of Choices
4.3 Efficiency And Democracy: The Relationship Revisited And Affirmed
4.3.1 Murcia: The Risk Of A Cost Based Economic Development Strategy
4.3.2 Castilla Y Leon: Merits And Limits Of The Centralized Approach To Innovation
4.3.3 Pais Vasco: A Pioneer Of Smart Specialization
4.3.4 Recent Evolution And Smart Specializing Regions
4.4 Conclusions: Political Conditions For Innovation As A Transformative Process
PART V: CONCLUSIONS: INNOVATION AS A POLITICAL PROJECT
5.1 The Challenge Of Innovation Policies
5.2 Innovation And Democracy: Preliminary Evidence From The Regional Cases
5.2.1 Thesis And Summary Of Findings
5.2.2 Discussion And Comparison Of The Institutional Cases
5.3 Escaping Path Dependence: Institutional Factors For Successful Innovation Based Development Policies
5.3.1 Programme Management As A Key Factor
5.3.2 Implementation Of The Partnership Principle
5.4 An Elaboration Of The 'Smart Innovation' Paradigm
5.5 Implications For EU Development Policies
5.6 Innovation And Democracy
5.7 Limits Of This Exploration And Agenda For Investigation
ANNEX 1 - BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES
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