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A Participatory Methodology for Evaluating the Cluster Policy of the Basque Country

In: Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience

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  • Cristina Aragón
  • Maria José Aranguren
  • Cristina Iturrioz
  • James R. Wilson

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Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in dynamically open territorial communities and context-specific though continuously upgrading policy platforms are all means to face new challenges and to promote increased absorptive capacity within local and national territories. The contributors illustrate that these capabilities are much needed in the current globalized economy as a path towards sustainability and for creating new opportunities for their inhabitants. They analyse the challenges and development prospects of local/regional production systems internally, across territories, and in terms of their potential and territorial connectivity which can help exploit opportunities for proactive policy actions. This is increasingly relevant in the current climate, in which the balanced allocation of resources and opportunities, particularly for SMEs, cannot be expected to be the automatic result of the working of the market.

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  • Cristina Aragón & Maria José Aranguren & Cristina Iturrioz & James R. Wilson, 2012. "A Participatory Methodology for Evaluating the Cluster Policy of the Basque Country," Chapters, in: Philip Cooke & Mario Davide Parrilli & José Luis Curbelo (ed.), Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience, chapter 17, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:14530_17
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    2. Mari José Aranguren & Miren Larrea & James R. Wilson, 2012. "Academia and Public Policy: Towards the Co-generation of Knowledge and Learning Processes," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Bjørn T. Asheim & Mario Davide Parrilli (ed.), Interactive Learning for Innovation, chapter 11, pages 275-289, Palgrave Macmillan.

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