• Do EU regions benefit from Smart Specialisation principles? 

      Rigby, David L.; Roesler, Christoph; Kogler, Dieter; Boschma, Ronald Adalbert; Balland, Pierre-Alexandre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Smart Specialisation was conceived as a ‘bottom-up’ framework to identify new growth paths connected to knowledge cores within regions. Although operationalization of Smart Specialisation has proven difficult, recent ...
    • Do scientific capabilities in specific domains matter for technological diversification in European regions? 

      Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; Boschma, Ronald Adalbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Do scientific capabilities in regions translate into technological leadership? This is one of the most pressing questions in academic and policy circles. This paper analyzes the matching of scientific and technological ...