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- Pugh, Rhiannon, 1988-, et al.
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From ‘Techniums’ to ‘emptiums’ : the failure of a flagship innovation policy in Wales
- 2018
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In: Regional studies. - : Routledge. - 0034-3404 .- 1360-0591. ; 52:7, s. 1009-1020
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper examines the use of European Union Structural Funds to support the development of innovation policy within Wales during the period 2000-06. Drawing on data from the Welsh government and interviews with key stakeholders, it focuses specifically on the Technium programme, a high-profile technology-based innovation intervention that took a predominantly supply-side approach to supporting innovation, resulting in its eventual failure. Consistent within this is an analysis of the efficacy of supply-side policies using European Union funds to support research and development activities to aid economic growth in peripheral, weaker regions.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, 1988-, et al.
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Innovation studies : a North–South global perspective
- 2018
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In: Innovation and Development. - : Routledge. - 2157-930X .- 2157-9318. ; 8:2, s. 227-248
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The student of innovation studies is faced with a vast, multi-national and interdisciplinary field on which she must gain an overview and make a novel contribution. There exist a plethora of academic journals, networks, conferences and fora wherein researchers of innovation discuss and advance the topic. How to manage and understand this is a major challenge. This paper helps to make sense of this often confusing and ever-shifting field by reviewing the major developments over the past 20 years, highlighting the present ‘state of the art’ and identifying some important trends going forwards. It does this through a review of the published themes of two major international conferences in the field–Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) and Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) – to gain a global view on the field. At the heart of the exploration is whether the sphere of innovation studies has evolved coherently worldwide, or there are geographic differences.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, 1988-
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Questioning the implementation of smart specialisation : Regional innovation policy and semi-autonomous regions
- 2018
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In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. - : Sage Publications. - 2399-6544 .- 2399-6552. ; 36:3, s. 530-547
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper considers the recent developments in regional innovation policy pertaining to the smart specialisation agenda from the perspective of a peripheral and semi-autonomous region – Wales in the UK. Through a case study of innovation policy developments in Wales over the past 20 years, and also a consideration of extant literature pertaining to regional innovation policy and smart specialisation, this paper finds a number of issues or shortcomings in the current predominant smart specialisation approach. These are traced back to the strong regional innovation system logic existing in European policy; a number of unresolved theoretical problems that could undermine the efficacy of innovation policy are identified. Both conceptual and rhetorical issues with the concept of the region are highlighted, and questions are asked about the applicability and tenability of smart specialisation approaches in semi-autonomous, cross-border regions, and for policymakers operating in circumstances of multi-level governance. This paper illustrates how such regions provide us with a lens or alternative perspective through which to reconsider our predominant theoretical and practical policy approaches, and highlights a number of potential problems with smart specialisation as it is applied in a diverse range of regional settings.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, 1988-, et al.
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The entrepreneurial university and the region : what role for entrepreneurship departments?
- 2018
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In: European Planning Studies. - : Routledge. - 0965-4313 .- 1469-5944. ; 26:9, s. 1835-1855
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper investigates the concept of the entrepreneurial university by examining roles of academic entrepreneurship departments in driving regional economic development outcomes. While a wealth of research investigates the role, activities and function of the entrepreneurial university, very little which focuses specifically on academic entrepreneurship departments, where much of the research, teaching and knowledge exchange concerning entrepreneurship takes place. Two case studies of large and active entrepreneurship departments are presented to illustrate the different roles and activities they undertake in the sphere of economic development in their regions or locales. A dual model of engagement is proposed, whereby the entrepreneurship department operates within the framework of the entrepreneurial university, but also as a regional actor in its own right.
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- Pugh, Rhiannon, 1988-
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Who Speaks for Economic Geography?
- 2018
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In: Environment and planning A. - : Sage Publications. - 0308-518X .- 1472-3409. ; 50:7, s. 1525-1531
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