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System of innovation theory and the European Union

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This article asks whether it is possible to conceptualise the European Union (EU) as a system of innovation in accordance with the rich literature of institutional economics on these matters. By developing four further theoretical nodal points of the system of innovation concept, an analytical framework is proposed that provides an interdisciplinary approach to institution-building processes and system formation for the analysis of the EU. The preliminary conclusion is that, in spite of the recent and rapid formal institutional-building efforts at EU level and its clear process of system-formation, it remains premature to identify a system as such. These findings are widely corroborated by the other articles in this special issue. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Susana Borrás, 2004. "System of innovation theory and the European Union," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 31(6), pages 425-433, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:31:y:2004:i:6:p:425-433
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    1. Robert Huggins & Hiro Izushi, 2013. "Knowledge-based Development in Leading Regions across the Globe: An Exploratory Analysis of the co-Evolution of Resources, Capabilities and Outputs," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(5), pages 1030-1048, April.
    2. Eunkyung Park & Martin Kang’ethe Gachukia, 0. "The Role of the Local Innovation System for Inclusive Upgrading in the Global Value Chain: The Case of KenyaGAP in the Kenyan Horticultural Sector," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 0, pages 1-26.
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    4. Adi Weidenfeld & Nick Clifton, 2023. "The Evolution of Transnational Knowledge Networks of Cities: Outlining a Future Research Agenda," Working Papers 2023-14, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
    5. Hart, David M., 2009. "Accounting for change in national systems of innovation: A friendly critique based on the U.S. case," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 647-654, May.
    6. Shianghau Wu & Jiannjong Guo, 2018. "PLS and OPLS Discriminatory Analyses on Political Sustainability in Taiwan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, January.
    7. Roald A.A. Suurs & Marko P. Hekkert, 2008. "Cumulative causation in the formation of a technological innovation system: The case of biofuels in the Netherlands," Innovation Studies Utrecht (ISU) working paper series 08-04, Utrecht University, Department of Innovation Studies, revised Feb 2008.
    8. Chaminade, Cristina & Edquist, Charles, 2005. "From theory to practice: the use of systems of innovation approach in innovation policy," Papers in Innovation Studies 2005/2, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

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