Regions and innovation policy
Contributors: Nauwelaers, Claire; Primi, Annalisa, 1977-; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD reviews of regional innovation; OECD innovation strategy; OECD reviews of regional innovation; OECD innovation strategy
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9789264097384; 9789264097803
Subjects: Economic aspects; Technological innovations; Government policy; Regional planning
Description: This publication addresses the needs of national and regional governments for greater clarity on how to strengthen the innovation capacity of regions. The first part of the book examines strategies, policies and governance, explaining why regions matter, what makes smart policy mixes, and multilevel governance. The second part of the book looks at agencies, instruments and country information, showing how agenceis can maximize their impact and what policy instruments work. The final chapter provides country-by-country summaries of what countries are doing.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Report drafted by Karen Maguire, Claire Nauwelaers, and Annalise Primi.

Includes bibliographical references.

Full text available online to subscribers at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264097803-en
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: Executive summary; title: Summary in French; title: Why regions matter for innovation policy today; title: Road maps and smart policy mixes for regional innovation; title: Multi-level governance of innovation policy; title: Conclusions and policy advice; title: Maximising the impact of regional innovation agencies; title: Policy instruments for regional innovation; title: Regions and innovation, country by country.