Nationale und internationale Transformationsprozesse machen an den Grenzen einzelner Regionen nicht halt, sondern beeinflussen deren weiteren Entwicklungsverlauf maßgeblich. Gerade strukturschwache Regionen sind in besonderer Weise von Transformationsprozessen betroffen, da Strukturschwäche...

While societal challenges are global in nature, solving and addressing them usually tends to take place at smaller spatial scales. As place-specific technological, institutional and actor settings have a decisive influence on the direction, scope and speed of transformative dynamics, regions...

The innovation system approach has become a current and frequently used tool for the assessment of innovative activities in different fields of study. So far, however, there is no unanimous agreement on the issue of the most relevant perspective which has to be taken when applying the approach...

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms develop different abilities to access and utilise external...

Taking the implications of the cohesion policy framework for innovation governance as a starting point, it is the objective of this paper to discuss challenges for regional policy making with regard to a policy mix that is new to regional policy makers. Based on two German regions representing...

In Germany, but in other countries as well, a trend towards a regionalisation in technol-ogy and innovation policy is clearly evident. This triggers the expectation towards universities to establish regional ties and networks and to exploit the advantages of spatial proximity to other research...

According to the Barca report and the OECD, the place-based development approach is a new paradigm of regional policy. It underlines the necessity to distribute policy de-sign and implementation among different policy levels in order to tailor policy measures to the specific local conditions....