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RDAs, Regional Policy and Knowledge Dynamics

Surveying Patterns and Trends in Europe

Professor Henrik HalkierAalborg University, [email protected]

Regional Development Agencies: The Next Generation

Newcastle, 18 April 2011

Henrik HalkierAalborg University, [email protected]

1. RDAs and shifting paradigms in regional policy in Europe

2. Conceptual framework and empirical methods

3. RDAs and their policies: Key dimensions

4. Patterns of regional policy- problem, governance and policy logics

5. Conclusion and perspectives

CHAPTER OUTLINE

Understanding the rise of knowledge-oriented

regional policy

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Industrial paradigm Knowledge-economy paradigm

Governance Designated assisted areas

Multi-level, bottom-up

Strategy Expansion via increased investment in private firms

New economic activities through increased knowledge/networking

Instruments Finance Information, organisation

Understanding the rise of knowledge-oriented

regional policy

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Industrial paradigm Knowledge-economy paradigm

Governance Designated assisted areas

Multi-level, bottom-up

Strategy Expansion via increased investment in private firms

New economic activities through increased knowledge/networking

Instruments Finance Information, organisation

Drivers of change ?

Decentralisation ?

Global competitive pressures ?

Policy imitation ?

EUROPEAN DIVERSITYThe 2007 RDA survey

Sponsorship:Arm's-length, one sponsor

Strategies:Competitiveness

Targets:Organisations, information +

Instruments:Knowledge-intensive

Knowledge impact:Techno-managerial, cultural

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Exploring the shaping of RDAs

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Empirical survey result:

• Despite differences between regions/countries

• ‘Knowledge-economy paradigm’ forms of regional policy spread across Europe

Drivers:

Governance logic: powerful regions sponsor RDAs

Problem logic: Economic diversity -> diverse initiatives

Policy logic: Absent or pervasive?

TAKING THE CHAPTER FORWARD

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Introduce more extensive literature survey• But overlap with introduction to book?

Documenting role of drivers/logics• Figures, tables/calculations, …?

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Empirical survey

• most important organisation at most important meso-level

• four most prominent policies

• web-based survey

• 181 regions

• snapshot becoming wider

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