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Smart specialization as a strategy to develop early-stage regional innovation systems

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  • Marina Ranga

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This paper discusses the role of smart specialization in catalyzing the development of early-stage regional innovation systems in less advanced regions, either by facilitating the emergence of some defining elements that were lacking or accelerating the development of others, such as: a regional knowledge base and a dynamic learning process, institutional structures, network integration mechanisms among key innovation actors, regional industrial specializations, and collective identities. The paper exemplifies this process with the case of Romania, a country where the research and innovation system is centralized at national level and regional innovation systems are in the early days. The transformations taking place in the Romanian regions within the process of implementing smart specialization, assisted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in the project “Targeted Support to Smart Specialization in Romania”, suggest a dynamic coagulation of institutional, financial, policy, and human factors that catalyzed the development of regional innovation systems in the country and introduced a novel approach to innovation policy.

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  • Marina Ranga, 2018. "Smart specialization as a strategy to develop early-stage regional innovation systems," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(11), pages 2125-2146, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:26:y:2018:i:11:p:2125-2146
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1530149
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    1. Oana Chindris-Vasioiu, 2023. "The RDI System in Romania as Compared to Other Member States of The European Union," Global Economic Observer, "Nicolae Titulescu" University of Bucharest, Faculty of Economic Sciences;Institute for World Economy of the Romanian Academy, vol. 11(1), pages 32-39, May.
    2. OGREAN Claudia & HERCIU Mihaela, 2022. "Fostering Innovation In Romania. Insights From The Smart Specialization Strategies," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 17(2), pages 319-337, August.
    3. Laima Gerlitz & Christopher Meyer & Christopher Meyer & Gunnar Prause & Gunnar Prause, 2020. "Methodology approach on benchmarking Regional Innovation on Smart Specialisation (RIS3): a joint macro-regional tool to regional performance evaluation and monitoring in Central Europe," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(2), pages 1359-1385, December.

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