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Universities and Smart Specialisation

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Universities have a potentially pivotal role to play in the social and economic development of their regions. They are a critical asset of the region; even more so in less favoured regions where the private sector may be weak or relatively small, and has low levels of research and development activity. Evidence shows that the successful mobilisation of the resources of a university can have a disproportionately positive effect on regional economies and achievement of comprehensive regional strategies. Universities can therefore play a key role by contributing to the design and implementation of S3 in a local learning and capacity building process. However there are some key underpinning principles that make smart specialisation distinctive from previous iterations of regional innovation strategy development, and it will be necessary to understand the implications of these for the actors in the process, including universities.

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  • Louise KEMPTON & John Goddard & John Edwards & Fatime B. Hegyi & Susana Elena-Pérez, 2014. "Universities and Smart Specialisation," JRC Research Reports JRC85508, Joint Research Centre.
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    1. Eskarne Arregui-Pabollet & Mathieu Doussineau & Markus Dettenhofer, 2018. "An analytical framework to assess the governance of universities and their involvement in Smart specialisation strategies," JRC Research Reports JRC112706, Joint Research Centre.
    2. Elisabetta Marinelli & John Edwards & Cosmina Mironov, 2017. "Higher Education for Smart Specialisation: The case of North East Romania," JRC Research Reports JRC107475, Joint Research Centre.
    3. 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.
    4. Lianu Costin & Rădulescu Irina Gabriela & Dobre Gudei Corina Simona & Lianu Cosmin, 2020. "Knowledge transfer between universities and smes and regional development. The role of the clusters as communities of practice," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 14(1), pages 490-504, July.
    5. Eskarne Arregui-Pabollet & John Huw Edwards & Jean-Marie Rousseau, 2018. "Higher Education for Smart Specialisation: The case of Centre-Val de Loire, France," JRC Research Reports JRC113844, Joint Research Centre.
    6. Laima Gerlitz & Christopher Meyer & Christopher Meyer & Gunnar Prause & Gunnar Prause, 2020. "Methodology approach on benchmarking Regional Innovation on Smart Specialisation (RIS3): a joint macro-regional tool to regional performance evaluation and monitoring in Central Europe," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(2), pages 1359-1385, December.
    7. Riikka Kangas & Timo Aarrevaara, 2020. "Higher Education Institutions as Knowledge Brokers in Smart Specialisation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-15, April.
    8. Jonas Meyer & Michael Pillei & Friedrich Zimmermann & Gernot Stöglehner, 2018. "Customized Education as a Framework for Strengthening Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Regional Actors in Sustainable Development—Lessons from Albania and Kosovo," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-17, October.

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    European Universities; European cohesion policy; Structural Funds; Smart Specialisation;
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