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On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

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  • Hassink Robert

    (Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany)

  • Plum Oliver

    (Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany)

  • Rickmers Arne

    (Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany)

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Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies

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  • Hassink Robert & Plum Oliver & Rickmers Arne, 2014. "On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 33(4), pages 7-16.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:quageo:v:33:y:2014:i:4:p:7-16:n:1002
    DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2014-0045
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