Piedmont, Italy.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Series: OECD reviews of regional innovation; OECD reviews of regional innovation
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9789264060739
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Italy -- Piedmont; Technological innovations -- Government policy -- Italy -- Piedmont; Research, Industrial -- Italy -- Piedmont; Industrial policy -- Italy -- Piedmont; Regional economics; Piedmont (Italy) -- Economic conditions; Piedmont (Italy) -- Economic policy
Other titles: OECD reviews of regional innovation :
Description: Piedmont is one of the top ten manufacturing regions in Europe and enjoys the highest levels of business investment in R&D in Italy. Birthplace of the Italian automotive company, Fiat, and home to many heavy engineering and manufacturing firms, the region has long been a central part of the national industrial core. Yet since the early 1970s, the fragility of Piedmont's production system has slowly became evident. This report reviews how Piedmont's new regional strategy supports innovation and how its efforts can be improved.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: The systems approach to regional innovation policy; title: The Piedmont region in an international comparative context; title: The Piedmont regional innovation strategy; title: The regional innovation institutions; title: Filling the gaps through innovation policy.