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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254880203321

Autore

Grillo Francesco

Titolo

Innovation, Democracy and Efficiency : Exploring the Innovation Puzzle within the European Union’s Regional Development Policies / / by Francesco Grillo, Raffaella Y. Nanetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-44966-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 237 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics, , 2662-6411

Disciplina

338/.064094

Soggetti

Development economics

International economics

Corporate governance

Democracy

Economic development

Urban economics

Development Economics

International Economics

Corporate Governance

Regional Development

Urban Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Endogenous growth theory has significantly impacted most of the developing and developed countries, shifting priorities of industrial policies towards innovation. In line with this trend, the European Union significantly increased its budgetary allocation for R&D. However, statistical data show a weak correlation between R&D expenditure and the acceleration of economic growth. Regional innovation policies display divergent returns according to different institutional conditions and policy choices. Grillo and Nanetti attempt to understand the reasons that lie behind differences in performance. Their results show



that better performing innovation strategies require the following factors: clear choices of locally congruent smart specialization; strong capacity of public investment to stimulate additional private investment; clear distribution of responsibilities for decision-making and independence of policy implementation from political interference; and problem solving partnerships amongst innovators, universities, and governments that pre-exist the programmes. These factors point to a relationship between democracy (defined as openness of policy-making) and innovation (as technology-enabled growth) which is explored throughout this book.