Developing a knowledge infrastructure to foster regional innovation in the periphery : a study from Quebec's coastal region in Canada

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Description :
Building on the case study of Quebec’s coastal region maritime industry, the relevance of the regional innovation system framework to analyse and plan innovation development in the periphery is discussed. The analysis indicates that, while public policies using the regional innovation system framework contributes to create a relatively well-developed knowledge infrastructure in the maritime industry, they have not yet succeeded in achieving the main goal of fostering a ‘competitive regional production system’. This case suggests that a ‘thickening’ of the knowledge infrastructure does not automatically lead to significant development in the productive system in peripheral regions.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Regional studies, issn : 0034-3404, 2013, vol. 47, n°. 9, p. 1555-1572, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press