CHANGING PERSPECTIVES OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS SOME INSIGHTS FROM FIELD ANALYSIS Open Days...
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CHANGING PERSPECTIVESOF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
SOME INSIGHTS FROM FIELD ANALYSIS
Open DaysEuropean Week of Regions and Cities
Michael Steiner
Brussels, 10th – 13th October 2005
Institute of Technology and Regional Policy - InTeRegElisabethstraße 20A-8010 GrazTel.: ++43 316 876 1488Fax: ++43 316 876 1480e-mail: [email protected]
Karl-Franzens-University GrazDepartment of EconomicsUniversitätsstraße 15/F4A-8010 GrazTel.: ++43 316 380 3450Fax: ++43 316 380 9520e-mail:[email protected]
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endogenous nature of knowledge
tacit knowledge as non-ubiquified knowledge
learning as a social process in regional embeddings
regional networks as institutions for knowledge generation and diffusion
NEW EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS – AN EXTENDED
„AUSTRIAN“ PERSPECTIVE
- allocative versus creative function of the market
- process-oriented perspective and path- dependency
- new dimensions of knowledge for regional competitiveness
- differential behaviour and variety as essential elements of dynamic efficiency
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GENERAL TRENDS OF REGIONAL POLICYIN AUSTRIA
- rising importance of regional dimension of economic policy
- stronger sense of economic self-awareness of "Länder"
- professionalisation of regional policy
- communicative character
- evaluation
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SUCCESS/FAILURES OF PASTPROGRAMMING PERIODS
- high expectations at the beginning (1995)
gaining importance of regional policy
no compelling evidence of reduction of disparities
little programmatic and methodological innovation
„enabling effect“
„institutional added value“
- modest macroeconomic effects
- pros and cons
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PERSPECTIVES AND MAIN ELEMENTS OF FUTURE PROGRAMMING PERIOD
- no single dominating regional development problem but large variety of problem situations
- territorial cooperation across borders
- innovation and technology orientation as a dominant priority
- not only high-tech
- Structural Funds one of several measures
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COMMENTS TO CHOSEN APPROACH (1/2)
- empirical analysis as „stylized facts“
percentages without knowledge of absolute amount
Structural Funds not designed for „big problems“
priorities no deductive consequence of empirical analysis
- empirical analysis basically in accordance with dominant regional perspective
-unavoidable data limits
- underestimation of interregional aspect
- reluctance to accept „financial breakdown“
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COMMENTS TO CHOSEN APPROACH (2/2)
- different emphasis on given priorities
„innovation“ support takes different forms
different dimensions of „accessibility“
„environment and risk prevention“ as an overlapping goal
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GUIDELINING POLICY –BETWEEN STYLIZED FACTS, REDUCTIONISM
AND NECESSARY PERSPECTIVES
- systemic thinking versus quantitative goals
- empirical analysis as „stylized facts“
- need for priority setting