OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation: Regions and Innovation Policy

The first part of the book examines strategies, policies and governance, explaining why regions matter, what makes smart policy mixes, and multilevel governance. The second part of the book looks at agencies, instruments and country information, showing how agencis can maximize their impact and what policy instruments work. The final chapter provides country-by-country summaries of what countries are doing.



Regions and Innovation Policy addresses the needs of national and regional governments for greater clarity on how to strengthen the innovation capacity of regions.

CONTENTS
Part I: Strategies, Policies and Governance
Chapter 1 – Why regions matter for innovation policy today
Chapter 2 – Road maps and smart policy mixes for regional innovation
Chapter 3 – Multi-level governance of innovation policy
Chapter 4 – Conclusions and policy advice
Part II: Agencies, Instruments and Country Information
Chapter 5 – Maximising the impact of regional innovation agencies
Chapter 6 – Policy instruments for regional innovation
Chapter 7 – Regional innovation, country by country

Table of contents
Acronyms
Preface.
Executive summary
Résumé
Part I Strategies, policies and governance
Chapter 1 Why regions matter for innovation policy today
Introduction
1.1. A double policy paradigm shift
1.2. An evolving innovation scenario
1.3. Innovation and regions: evidence from the OECD
Chapter 2 Road maps and smart policy mixes for regional innovation
Introduction
2.1. Opening the black box of policies: identifying relevant policy spaces
2.2. Recognising challenges and setting priorities
2.3. Implementing smart policy mixes
Chapter 3 Multi-level governance of innovation policy
Introduction
3.1. Different regional roles in a multi-level governance context
3.2. Promoting complementarity across levels of government
3.3. Mobilising the right public and private stakeholders
3.4. New data and indicators, better monitoring and evaluation practices
Conclusions
Chapter 4 Conclusions and policy advice
4.1. Key issues
4.2. Policy advice
4.3. Summing up
Part II Agencies, instruments and country information
Chapter 5 Maximising the impact of regional innovation agencies
Introduction
5.1. Role for RIAs in the new framework for regional innovation
5.2. RIAs in practice
5.3. Key strategic questions for RIAs
Conclusions: RIAs as learning organisations and change agents
Chapter 6 Policy instruments for regional innovation
Introduction
6.1. Science and technology parks
6.2. Systemic initiatives: clusters, networks, competitiveness poles and competence centres
6.3. Innovation support services for existing SMEs
6.4. Support for innovative start-ups
6.5. Innovation vouchers
6.6. Mobility grants and talent attraction-retention schemes
6.7. Research infrastructure
Chapter 7 Regions and innovation, country by country
Introduction
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Korea
Mexico
Netherlands.
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States