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Promoting communities of innovation: Do industrial policies matter?

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  • Gianluca Elia
  • Claudio Petti
  • Angela Sarcina

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Communities of innovation (CoI) was introduced at organisational level to pursue collaboratively innovation activities. By extending this concept at territorial level, they may become government's tools to undertake innovative projects for local development. This work investigates whether and, if so, to what extent local governments support the development of CoI. We focused our attention on two different institutional settings, one in Italy and one in China. We performed a quantitative and qualitative investigation, relying on official data and web sources. With the first, we developed a measure to synthesise the intensity in promoting CoI; with the second, we highlighted the main programs' characteristics and objectives supporting CoI. Results show that in both settings, local governments make significant policy efforts in promoting CoI, focusing on similar objectives and relying on similar tools. This highlights the engagement of governments and the relevance of their industrial policies to support the development of CoI.

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  • Gianluca Elia & Claudio Petti & Angela Sarcina, 2016. "Promoting communities of innovation: Do industrial policies matter?," International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 207-224.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijkbde:v:7:y:2016:i:3:p:207-224
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    1. Elena López-Gunn & Julian Swinkels & Gerardo Anzaldúa & Manuel Bea & Maria Conceição Colaço & Māra Deksne & Nensi Lalaj & Hugh McDonald & Marta Rica, 2021. "Communities of Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Niche Creation and Anticipation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-17, May.
    2. Pancholi, Surabhi & Yigitcanlar, Tan & Guaralda, Mirko, 2019. "Place making for innovation and knowledge-intensive activities: The Australian experience," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 616-625.

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