Policies for Science, Technology and Innovation: Translating Rationales into Regional Policies in a Multi-level Setting

Departing from a number of theoretical perspectives from which rationales for science,technology and innovation (STI) policy can be extracted, this paper discusses threequestions. First, what rationales for public intervention can be derived from differenteconomic theories, including theories usually associated with spatial dynamics andterritorial relationships? Second, what policy instruments or policy mixes can beassociated with the various rationales?...