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Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA)

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  • Carmelina Bevilacqua
  • Bruno Monardo
  • Claudia Trillo

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This report focuses on the case study of the Boston area and allows identifying key success factors in the Boston regional innovation ecosystem. It discusses how the macro-innovation eco-ecosystem is composed by a variety of interconnected micro-innovation eco-systems, mutually reinforcing each other and making the entire "territorial" system successful. The spatial configuration of these micro-innovation ecosystems at the urban scale has been specifically investigated, thus leading to theorize that the Innovation District may act as enabler for place-based innovation. Evidence from the Boston case study shows that there is not a single magic recipe for the successful implementation of place-based and social innovation-driven strategies. On the contrary, the variety of place-grounded combinations of micro and macro initiatives, embedded in the social and spatial fine grain of places and encompassing a diversity of actors, can create the conditions enabling places to thrive and local economic activities to grow in a sustainable way.

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  • Carmelina Bevilacqua & Bruno Monardo & Claudia Trillo, 2019. "Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA)," JRC Research Reports JRC116173, Joint Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc116173
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    1. Gabriel Rissola & Jurgen Haberleithner, 2020. "Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems. A Case-Study Comparative Analysis," JRC Research Reports JRC120695, Joint Research Centre.

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    Place-based; innovation ecosystems; social innovation; innovation districts; US; USA; Boston; S3; Smart Specialisation; territorial system; spatial configuration;
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