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Variety of Regional Innovation Systems and Their Institutional Characteristics

Author : Elena Zukauskaite

Published in: New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons

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Regional Innovation Systems (RISs) come in many shapes. Current RIS typologies, however, pay insufficient attention to institutional factors and as a consequence they fall short of capturing an essential source of variety of RISs in a systematic way. This chapter contributes to a further conceptual development of the RIS approach by capturing regional variety not only in terms of actors and networks but also in terms of institutions. It is shown that an institutional perspective can enrich existing RIS typologies by providing insights into the distinctive institutional frameworks of different RIS types and their particular institutional bottlenecks. Three main causes of institutional bottlenecks are identified, that is, lack of or poorly developed institutions, inappropriate institutions, and contradicting/poorly aligned institutions. As shown in this chapter the institutional perspective advocated here holds a strong potential to contribute to a further conceptual development of the RIS approach.

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An example of this contingency as well as fluidity of institutions in the Swedish context is an institution of hand-shaking which has made a transition from a taken for granted behavior (cultural-cognitive element) to a morally governed activity (normative element), associated with norms regarding gender equality and tolerance.

We use Asheim and Coenen (2005), Cooke (2004) and Tödtling and Trippl (2005) as the main references when analyzing the typologies. However, we are aware that Asheim and Coenen (2005) and Cooke (2004) build upon previous work by Asheim and Isaksen (1997, 2002), Asheim (1998), Cooke (2001), Cooke et al. (2003) and Brazcyk et al. (1998).

For the insight regarding regulative institutions I am grateful to Björn Asheim who brought this to my attention.

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Title: Variety of Regional Innovation Systems and Their Institutional Characteristics
Author: Elena Zukauskaite
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71660-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-71661-9

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71661-9_3

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