Regional Helix Ecosystems and Sustainable Growth

This book discusses the importance of innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems in supporting regional competitiveness. It also encourages academics, business professionals and policy-makers to rethink innovation ecosystems as drivers of regional competitiveness, demonstrating the complex interactions between regional economic and social actors, and their impact on regional competitiveness. Further, the book examines the role of entrepreneurship and innovation policies in different regions (e. g. lagging regions, rural regions, etc.), and describes critical success factors in multi-level technologies and innovation policies and strategies.

1. Regional Helix Ecosystems and Economic Growth. - The role of universities in building dense Triple Helix Ecosystems in sparse regional environments. - Between good intentions and enthusiastic professors: the missing middle of university social innovation structures in the Quadruple Helix. - Why do publicly funded firms find the University more useful to innovate than others? Can we accomplish the RIS3 target? . - Applying Regional VRIO Model to Island Regions: an Evaluation of RIS3. - Implications of urban sustainability, socio-ecosystems and ecosystem services. - Regional Innovation Ecosystems: Tuning the Regional Engine' s Helix Through Smart Specialization. - Regional industrial restructuring. - The Role of Clusters in the Smart Specialisation Process: The case of Inovcluster in Portugal. - Incubation: Does it make a difference after graduation? Analysis from Portugal