, it is increasingly applied to regional innovation context [OECD 2013; Foray, David, Hall 2009; McCann, Ortega …-Argiles 2013; Camagni, Capello 2013]. Regions are recognized as a relevant level of innovation policies given the weight of … technology areas, should follow the rule: not to do everything in science, technology and innovation and to promote actions …

importance for the EU 2020 innovation strategy. New activities are to be nominated at the regional level that aim at exploring … specialisation is about defining a method to help policy-makers identify desirable areas for innovation policy intervention [Foray … regions: leaders and less developed regions in the field of innovation and R&D. The main objective of the paper is to assess …