Smart specialisation as place-based policy. Lessons learnt?

Elvira Uyarra
2019 Regions Magazine  
Smart specialisation is now over a decade old. In this insights article, Elvira Uyarra, reflects on lessons learnt and identifies three areas in which the policy could be improved; internationalisation, implementation and greater attention to the demand side. She concludes that a normative and transformative agenda is needed to realise the initiative's goals in the future.
doi:10.1080/13673882.2018.00001022 fatcat:r5cztabrsbgvdidmq5x55mwpcm