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Smart Specialisation strategies on the periphery: a data-triangulation approach to governance issues and practices

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  • Stefano Ghinoi
  • Bodo Steiner
  • Teemu Makkonen
  • Robert Hassink

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In spite of our current understanding of Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) design and implementation, an understanding of interrelated governance practices aimed at addressing S3 governance issues is lacking. Applying a data-triangulation approach to a large peripheral Finnish region (Lapland), the analysis suggests that S3 implementation faces two key challenges: first, the development of stakeholder networks to support diversified specialization; and second, the lack of entrepreneurial discovery activity and associated differentiation of specialization. Policy solutions aimed at successful S3 implementation could focus on more targeted stakeholder engagement to mobilize resources for further diversified specialization.

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  • Stefano Ghinoi & Bodo Steiner & Teemu Makkonen & Robert Hassink, 2021. "Smart Specialisation strategies on the periphery: a data-triangulation approach to governance issues and practices," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(3), pages 402-413, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:55:y:2021:i:3:p:402-413
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1791321
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    1. Stylianos Ioannis Tzagkarakis & Dimitrios Kritas, 2023. "Mixed research methods in political science and governance: approaches and applications," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(1), pages 39-53, April.
    2. Magdalena Kogut-Jaworska & Elżbieta Ociepa-Kicińska, 2023. "Practical Implications of Smart Specialization Strategy: Barriers to Implementation, Role of the Public Sector, and Benefits for Entrepreneurs," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(2), pages 21582440231, June.
    3. Magdalena Kogut-Jaworska & Elżbieta Ociepa-Kicińska, 2023. "Do Regional Smart Specialization Strategies Affect Innovation in Enterprises?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-19, November.

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