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Smart Specialisation in sparsely populated areas: challenges, opportunities and new openings

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  • Jens Sörvik
  • Jukka Teräs
  • Alexandre Dubois
  • Martina Pertoldi

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This paper discusses to what extent Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are applicable in sparsely populated areas (SPA) departing from the S3 concept’s theoretical background and the experiences of S3 implementation in five European SPA. It was found that S3 has induced a transition in how innovation is addressed, for example, through a more decentralized support system and more proactive approaches to natural resource management unlocking new market opportunities for bio-based innovations. Finally, the research noted a drive to find new governance mechanisms (multi-actor, multi-sectoral and multilevel), in order to sustain human capital development, the most critical resource in the SPA.

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  • Jens Sörvik & Jukka Teräs & Alexandre Dubois & Martina Pertoldi, 2019. "Smart Specialisation in sparsely populated areas: challenges, opportunities and new openings," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(7), pages 1070-1080, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:53:y:2019:i:7:p:1070-1080
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1530752
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    1. Fil Kristensen, Iryna & Pugh, Rhiannon & Grillitsch, Markus, 2022. "Leadership and governance challenges in delivering place-based transformation through smart specialisation: Insights and policy implications from a metropolitan innovation leader region," Papers in Innovation Studies 2022/6, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    2. Moritz Breul, 2023. "Unpacking smart specialization strategies: how collective policy-making processes shape the direction of regional strategies," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2320, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Sep 2023.
    3. Maddah, Lina & Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria, 2021. "Cultural and Creative Industries: Empirical Evidence on Employment Growth," Working Papers 2072/534910, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
    4. 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.

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