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TY - JOUR
T1 - Old wine in new bottles?
T2 - smart specialisation in Wales
AU - Pugh, Rhiannon
N1 - © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Routledge This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper explores the translation and implementation of Smart Specialisation inWales. It finds that rather than taking a new approach to innovation policy, Welshpolicy-makers are following a largely cluster-based rationale, which omits the important entrepreneurial discovery process to identify the real strengths of the region. The fresh idea presented by this paper is that a replication of past policy approaches that have been tried and found wanting is taking place rather than a new approach to innovation policy across Europe.
AB - This paper explores the translation and implementation of Smart Specialisation inWales. It finds that rather than taking a new approach to innovation policy, Welshpolicy-makers are following a largely cluster-based rationale, which omits the important entrepreneurial discovery process to identify the real strengths of the region. The fresh idea presented by this paper is that a replication of past policy approaches that have been tried and found wanting is taking place rather than a new approach to innovation policy across Europe.
KW - innovation policy
KW - Smart specialisation
KW - clusters
U2 - 10.1080/21681376.2014.944209
DO - 10.1080/21681376.2014.944209
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 152
EP - 157
JO - Regional Studies, Regional Science
JF - Regional Studies, Regional Science
IS - 1
ER -