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Smart specialization and institutional context: the role of institutional discovery, change and leapfrogging

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  • Maximilian Benner

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Recent years have witnessed much experimentation with smart specialization strategies (RIS3) and entrepreneurial discovery processes (EDPs) in European regions. The EDP can be seen as an opportunity to address institutional questions. Because institutional patterns can explain why some policies are eventually successful while others are not, looking at the institutional context of regional economies can increase the effectiveness of regional policy. This article argues that the EDP functions as a framework to discover institutional patterns specific to a regional economy, and to define policies either consistent with existing institutions or aiming at institutional change. The article proposes a conceptual framework to understand and analyze the two institution-related roles of the EDP, first as an institutional discovery process and second as an institutional change process. The article builds on empirical case studies in two regions (Lower Austria, Austria and South Tyrol, Italy) and two small countries (Slovenia and Croatia). The case studies focus on how these regions or countries organized the EDP that eventually led to the formulation of their RIS3, and on the institutional dynamics of the EDP in discovering and changing institutions. The article concludes with policy implications that contribute to the debate on post-2020 EU Cohesion Policy.

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  • Maximilian Benner, 2019. "Smart specialization and institutional context: the role of institutional discovery, change and leapfrogging," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(9), pages 1791-1810, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:27:y:2019:i:9:p:1791-1810
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1643826
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    1. Manolis Manioudis & Antonios Angelakis, 2023. "Creative Economy and Sustainable Regional Growth: Lessons from the Implementation of Entrepreneurial Discovery Process at the Regional Level," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Nikola Radovanovic & Maximilian Benner, 2019. "Smart Specialisation and the Wider Innovation Policy Context in the Western Balkans," JRC Research Reports JRC118199, Joint Research Centre.
    3. Francesco Cappellano & Francesco Molica & Teemu Makkonen, 2024. "Missions and Cohesion Policy: is there a match?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 51(3), pages 360-374.
    4. Kowalski Arkadiusz Michał & Mackiewicz Marta, 2022. "Behavioral additionality: the role of cooperation with research institutions in fostering technological maturity of enterprises," International Journal of Management and Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Collegium of World Economy, vol. 58(2), pages 179-191, June.
    5. László Szerb & Raquel Ortega‐Argilés & Zoltan J. Acs & Éva Komlósi, 2020. "Optimizing entrepreneurial development processes for smart specialization in the European Union," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(5), pages 1413-1457, October.
    6. Christopher Meyer & Laima Gerlitz & Monika Klein, 2022. "Creativity as a Key Constituent for Smart Specialization Strategies (S3), What Is in It for Peripheral Regions? Co-creating Sustainable and Resilient Tourism with Cultural and Creative Industries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-31, March.
    7. Maximilian Benner, 2021. "A tale of sky and desert: Translation and imaginaries in transnational windows of institutional opportunity," PEGIS geo-disc-2021_08, Institute for Economic Geography and GIScience, Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.
    8. Nathalie Colasanti & Chiara Fantauzzi & Rocco Frondizi, 2021. "Innovating Public Service Delivery Through Crowdsourcing: What Role for The Third Sector and Civil Society?," International Journal of Business Research and Management (IJBRM), Computer Science Journals (CSC Journals), vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, February.

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