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Constructing Regional Advantage: Platform Policies Based on Related Variety and Differentiated Knowledge Bases

Author

Summary, in English

ASHEIM B. T., BOSCHMA R. and COOKE P. Constructing regional advantage: platform policies based on related variety and differentiated knowledge bases, Regional Studies. This paper presents a regional innovation policy model based on the idea of constructing regional advantage. This policy model brings together concepts like related variety, knowledge bases and policy platforms. Related variety attaches importance to knowledge spillovers across complementary sectors. The paper categorizes knowledge into 'analytical' (science based), 'synthetic' (engineering based) and 'symbolic' (arts based) in nature, with different requirements of 'virtual' and real proximity mixes. The implications of this are traced for evolving 'platform policies' that facilitate economic development within and between regions in action lines appropriate to incorporate the basic principles behind related variety and differentiated knowledge bases.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

893-904

Publication/Series

Regional Studies

Volume

45

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • Related variety
  • Differentiated knowledge bases
  • Platform policy
  • Regional innovation policy
  • Regional branching

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1360-0591