Cristina Fernandes, Luís Farinha, João J. Ferreira, Björn Asheim & Roel Rutten (2020) Regional innovation systems: what can we learn from 25 years of scientific achievements?, Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1782878
10.1080/00343404.2020.1782878
Title
Regional innovation systems: what can we learn from 25 years of scientific achievements?
Subject
Regional Innovation Systems Regional Development Innovation Innovation Policy Entrepreneurship
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. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
