The Agder region: an innovation policy case study

2020 ◽  
pp. 252-270
Author(s):  
Roger Normann ◽  
Sissel Strickert ◽  
Jon P. Knudsen
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy

scholarly journals Local industrial strategy and skills policy in England: Assessing the linkages and limitations – a case study of the Sheffield City Deal

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 857-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Sissons ◽  
Katy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Local Growth ◽  
Potential Growth ◽  
Economic Development Policy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This paper examines changes in local economic development policy which occurred between 2010 and 2015, with a focus on the relationship between industrial strategy and skills policy. Under the Coalition Government, Local Enterprise Partnerships were established and tasked with facilitating local growth, and to do so many identified a set of (potential) growth sectors for industrial strategy to support. These sectors tended to be drawn from a relatively narrow range of industries which therefore often excluded a large proportion of the local economy. An important focus of the support for growth sectors for many has been through an ambition to influence the local skills system. Skills policy more broadly has been an important dimension of devolution, and a number of City Deals have included elements of skills policy. Echoing previous national policy however, the focus of local concerns with skills under devolution has been framed largely with reference to skills gaps and shortages. While specific skills gaps and shortages can be identified, this paper questions whether this default position is reflected widely, and as such, if a narrow focus on skills supply is a sufficient approach. It is argued that to support local growth across a broad base, greater attention needs to be paid to stimulating employer demand for skills through better integrating industrial and innovation policy with skills policymaking across a wider section of the local economy. To support these arguments we present a case study of the Sheffield City Deal.

Facilitators of national innovation policy in a SME-dominated country: A case study of Taiwan

Innovation ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Yi Chen ◽  
Yu-Ling Lin ◽  
Po-Young Chu
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy

Questioning the implementation of smart specialisation: Regional innovation policy and semi-autonomous regions

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 530-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhiannon Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Regional Innovation Policy ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk

This paper considers the recent developments in regional innovation policy pertaining to the smart specialisation agenda from the perspective of a peripheral and semi-autonomous region – Wales in the UK. Through a case study of innovation policy developments in Wales over the past 20 years, and also a consideration of extant literature pertaining to regional innovation policy and smart specialisation, this paper finds a number of issues or shortcomings in the current predominant smart specialisation approach. These are traced back to the strong regional innovation system logic existing in European policy; a number of unresolved theoretical problems that could undermine the efficacy of innovation policy are identified. Both conceptual and rhetorical issues with the concept of the region are highlighted, and questions are asked about the applicability and tenability of smart specialisation approaches in semi-autonomous, cross-border regions, and for policymakers operating in circumstances of multi-level governance. This paper illustrates how such regions provide us with a lens or alternative perspective through which to reconsider our predominant theoretical and practical policy approaches, and highlights a number of potential problems with smart specialisation as it is applied in a diverse range of regional settings.

An emergent sectoral innovation system for healthcare services

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 512-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Savory ◽  
Joyce Fortune
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Technologies

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore, through a case study, and using Pawson and Tilley's notion of context-mechanism-outcome configurations, how a sectoral innovation system (SIS) for health technologies has developed. Design/methodology/approach – The case study data were collected as part of a large study that looked at technology innovation and adoption in the UK's National Health Service and were collected using an interpretive case study methodology. Primary data came from interviews and secondary data from published sources, including articles authored by members of the innovation team. Findings – The paper identifies three specific configurations of context, mechanism and outcome that were important in the case and discusses how these contribute to a broader understanding of a healthcare services SIS. Research limitations/implications – Research conducted through a single case study is open to the criticism that its findings are not generalisable but it has offered an economical way of gaining a deep description of a situation and an understanding of the contextual factors affecting a phenomenon. The paper presents a refined model for understanding SISs that though primarily rooted within the healthcare care sector has potential for application in other sectors, especially those that encompass a significant public-sector component. Practical implications – The paper's findings and conclusions have relevance to healthcare service innovation policy development. The findings will also be useful to professionals responsible for innovation projects and their support within the sector. Originality/value – The paper makes an important contribution to the understanding of a SIS for healthcare services as well as refining a general model of SISs.

scholarly journals PROGRAMA CIÊNCIA SEM FRONTEIRAS: um retrospecto da política de estímulo à ciência, tecnologia e inovação

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 675
Author(s):  
Cristina Camila Teles Saldanha ◽  
Letícia Miguel Fontoura de Oliveira ◽  
Victor Barros Aburachid ◽  
André Dell’Isola Denardi
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
Science Without Borders ◽  
Program Science

Este estudo busca compreender de maneira retrospectiva como ocorreu o ciclo do programa Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF) ao considerá-lo uma política pública intersetorial. Para tal, tem como objetivo: descrever a intersetorialidade do CsF enquanto uma política de estímulo à ciência, tecnologia e inovação, uma política educacional e uma política de redução de desigualdades; investigar a formulação, a organização e a gestão do CsF; e verificar como foi a implementação do programa. A partir do estudo de caso do CsF, realiza uma revisão da literatura de políticas públicas, além da apuração de trabalhos empíricos, de informações governamentais e da repercussão midiática sobre o programa. Conclui que embora o programa tenha tido falhas, o seu fim representou um retrocesso no desenvolvimento brasileiro pelo regresso ao incentivo à inovação e por retirar as oportunidades de inclusão social. Palavras-chave: Programa Ciência Sem Fronteiras. Políticas Públicas.  Intersetorialidade.SCIENCE WITHOUT BORDERS PROGRAM: a retrospect of the politics of stimulus to science, technology and innovationAbstractThis study sought to understand retrospectively how the cycle of the program Science Without Border (CsF) took place, by analyzing it as an intersectoral public policy. To do so, it set as goals: to describe the intersectoriality of the program as a stimulus to science, technology and innovation policy, as an educational policy, and as a reduction of social inequalities; to investigate the formulation, organization and management of the program; and to observe the process of implementation.From a case study of the CsF, a review of the public policies literature was made, as well as a canvass of empiric surveys, governmental information and media repercussion about the program. The conclusion was, besides the program’s flaws, its abrupt end represented a kickback to the Brazilian development, due to the withdrawal of the incentivesto innovation and opportunities of social inclusion.Keywords: Science Without Borders program. Public policies. Intersectoriality.

The National Strategy for Inner Areas: Innovation, Policy Transfer and Post-Earthquake Reconstruction

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-176
Author(s):  
Brunetta Baldi
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Policy Transfer ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Earthquake Reconstruction

AbstractThis article analyses the Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas (NSIA) as a new policy for local development only partially linked to the European cohesion policy. It focuses on its innovative contents (vision, governance and methodology), and mainly on the transfer of innovation to lower levels of government and between local administrations. As an empirical study of policy transfer and policy innovation in a system of multilevel governance it shows an unexpected transfer of the NSIA methodology to another policy field: that of post-earthquake reconstruction in Central Italy. The article concludes by applying the typology of policy transfer developed in its first part to the analysis of the case-study as a whole.

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