How ‘smart’ are smart specialization strategies?
An analysis of regional S3 strategies implemented in the EU to determine their impact and factors influencing effectiveness.
An analysis of regional S3 strategies implemented in the EU to determine their impact and factors influencing effectiveness.
Effective place-based policies need to deliver desired spatial economic cohesion while minimizing resource waste and secondary distortions.
Policy reforms need to address low financial returns which hamper the contribution of FDI to sustainable development.
Novel plant-level data from Germany sheds light on the current status and the potential determinants of robot use in manufacturing factories.