Regional Innovation in Piedmont, Italy
From Innovation Environment to Innovation Ecosystem
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To make the most of its longstanding tradition of manufacturing and innovation, Piedmont, Italy, is undertaking a process of industrial transition, the success of which may be linked to an updated approach to its regional innovation policy. This should include promoting technology and non-technology driven innovation, building the innovation competences of micro- and small enterprises in addition to medium and large ones, better connecting regional innovation actors, and ensuring that innovation contributes to the region’s broader development goals such as sustainable regional development. It also requires diversifying the role of Piedmont’s innovation clusters and reinforcing the multi-level governance system for innovation policy. This report features a comparative perspective of the trends, challenges and opportunities for innovation-led growth in Piedmont, and highlights how Piedmont could build a dynamic innovation ecosystem based on its smart specialisation strategy, a fresh perspective on innovation, and future-oriented innovation cluster organisations. The report provides actionable recommendations and offers insights into making the most of innovation policy as a lever for place-based regional development.
Reconsidering innovation policy and reinforcing innovation policy governance in Piedmont, Italy
A fresh look at innovation and innovation policy in Piedmont, Italy could help boost the region’s innovation capacity and process of industrial transition. This chapter evaluates the current approach to innovation in Piedmont and identifies challenges, including a lack of institutional thickness that can stymie the full development of an innovation ecosystem. It begins with an overview of Piedmont’s regional innovation system and current policy, identifying points to consider for the next policy. It then focuses on mechanisms to update and broaden Piedmont’s approach to innovation. From there, it explores how to generate a more integrated regional innovation system. The chapter also examines ways to reinforce the multi-level governance of innovation policy, and ends with a series of recommendations for action.
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