Although public support for innovation is one of the main contemporary topics in innovation
management and even economic and industrial development, there are no recent studies …

This paper reviews the literature in the intersection of renewable energies and politics
adopting a multidisciplinary social sciences perspective. We begin by analyzing the recent …

The operationalization of smart specialization policy has been rather limited because a
coherent set of analytical tools to guide the policy directives remains elusive. We propose a …

Regions across the world are searching for ways to fashion new green growth paths and to
promote green shifts in mature industries. The article aims to explore conceptually and …

Governments in countries across the world increasingly adopt the “green growth” discourse
to underline their ambition for the greening of their economies. The central tenet of this …

The policy mix concept has become popular in innovation policy literature. It is particularly
relevant for complex challenges such as sustainable industrial transitions that require joined …

Dieter F. Kogler a,, Emil Evenhuis b,, Elisa Giuliani c,, Ron Martin d, Elvira Uyarra e, and
Ron Boschma f aSpatial Dynamics Lab, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental …

New green activities in regions tend to build on regional capabilities. This paper makes a
first attempt to test the impact of political support for environmental policy at the national and …

Design thinking has become a popular approach for governments around the world seeking
to address complex governance challenges. It offers novel techniques and speaks to …

Theoretically and conceptually, evolutionary economic geography has paid little attention to
technological characteristics when explaining the emergence of new industries. Building on …