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Economic development and evolving state capacities in Central and Eastern Europe: can “smart specialization” make a difference?

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  • Erkki Karo
  • Rainer Kattel

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We position “smart specialization” (SS) as the third external and conditionality-based reform of economic policy rationales – after Washington Consensus and Europeanization – in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We discuss what kind of state, policy, and administrative capacities, or routines, SS presumes. We show that over the years CEE economies have built very different routines, especially for policy coordination and public–private interactions. Design and implementation of functional SS strategies requires critical attention and development of these routines through contextual policy experimentation in all CEE regions. We provide some general guidelines for this.

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  • Erkki Karo & Rainer Kattel, 2015. "Economic development and evolving state capacities in Central and Eastern Europe: can “smart specialization” make a difference?," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 172-187, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jecprf:v:18:y:2015:i:2:p:172-187
    DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2015.1009068
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    1. Ewa Kopczynska & Joao J. Ferreira, 2020. "Smart Specialization as a New Strategic Framework: Innovative and Competitive Capacity in European Context," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 11(2), pages 530-557, June.
    2. Paul Vallance & Jiří Blažek & John Edwards & Viktor Květoň, 2018. "Smart specialisation in regions with less-developed research and innovation systems: A changing role for universities?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 36(2), pages 219-238, March.
    3. Ron Boschma, 2021. "Designing Smart Specialization Policy: relatedness, unrelatedness, or what?," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2128, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Sep 2021.
    4. Opeyemi Idowu ALUKO, 2015. "Political Economy of Crony Capitalism: The Prospect and the Bane," Journal of Economics Library, KSP Journals, vol. 2(3), pages 192-197, September.
    5. Landoni, Matteo, 2020. "Knowledge creation in state-owned enterprises," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 77-85.
    6. Žana Jurjević & Stanislav Zekić & Danilo Đokić & Bojan Matkovski, 2021. "Regional Spatial Approach to Differences in Rural Economic Development: Insights from Serbia," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-14, November.
    7. Slavo Radosevic & Katerina Ciampi Stancova, 2018. "Internationalising Smart Specialisation: Assessment and Issues in the Case of EU New Member States," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 9(1), pages 263-293, March.
    8. Pierre-Alexandre Balland & Ron Boschma & Joan Crespo & David L. Rigby, 2017. "Smart Specialization policy in the EU: Relatedness, Knowledge Complexity and Regional Diversification," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 1717, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Jul 2017.
    9. Dyba Wojciech & Loewen Bradley & Looga Jaan & Zdražil Pavel, 2018. "Regional Development in Central-Eastern European Countries at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Path Dependence and Effects of EU Cohesion Policy," Quaestiones Geographicae, Sciendo, vol. 37(2), pages 77-92, June.
    10. Jaanus Müür, 2022. "Intermediating Smart Specialisation and Entrepreneurial Discovery: The Cases of Estonia and Helsinki-Uusimaa," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 13(1), pages 541-573, March.
    11. Schulz Sebastian, 2019. "Ambitious or Ambiguous? The Implications of Smart Specialisation for Core-Periphery Relations in Estonia and Slovakia," TalTech Journal of European Studies, Sciendo, vol. 9(4), pages 49-71, December.

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