<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies</p></abstract>

Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this paper has two aims: first, to analyse whether industries with different knowledge bases in regions in Germany have different needs for regional innovation policies, and secondly, to investigate whether knowledge bases can contribute to the fine-tuning of regional innovation policies in particular and to a modern, tailor-made, place-based regional innovation policy in general. It concludes that although needs differ due to differences in knowledge bases, those bases are useful only to a limited extent in fine-tuning regional innovation policies

On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

Department of Geography, Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Regional innovation policies have been criticised for being too standardised, one-size-fits-all and place-neutral in character. Embedded in these debates, this...

On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 7 - 16

Received: Jun 06, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0045

Keywords
regional innovation policy, place-based approach, knowledge bases, fine-tuning

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On the Implications of Knowledge Bases for Regional Innovation Policies in Germany

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 7 - 16

Received: Jun 06, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0045

Keywordsregional innovation policy, place-based approach, knowledge bases, fine-tuning

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
regional innovation policy, place-based approach, knowledge bases, fine-tuning