Regional innovation systems: What can we learn from 25 years of scientific achievement?

Cristina Fernandes; Luis Farinha; Joao Ferreira; Björn Asheim; Roel Rutten

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1782878

Regional innovation systems: What can we learn from 25 years of scientific achievement?

Cristina Fernandes^*
, Luis Farinha
, Joao Ferreira
, Björn Asheim
, Roel Rutten

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The regional innovation systems (RIS) concept has become popular among academics, political decision-makers and regional stakeholders of innovation. Understanding the competitive dynamics of RIS and their impact on regional
competitiveness today has thus become a priority. This paper provides researchers, academics, political decision-makers and other interested parties with a map of the different approaches to RIS, aiding in the definition of new territorial innovation policies. With a co-citation resource approach, an extensive search of the Web of Science database was carried out and it encountered four clusters in the literature on RIS: regional knowledge systems; regional institutional
systems; regional research and development systems; and regional network systems. This correspondingly sets out new theoretical perspectives based on bibliometric analysis techniques and new paths for scientific reflection and research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	377-389
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	55
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1782878
Publication status	Published - 2021

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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