Regions and innovation policy

About this book

This publication addresses the needs of national and regional governments for greater clarity on how to strengthen the innovation capacity of regions. 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 agenceis can maximize their impact and what policy instruments work. The final chapter provides country-by-country summaries of what countries are doing.--Publisher's description.