Regional innovation in Piedmont, Italy
To make the most of its longstanding tradition of manufacturing and innovation, Piedmont, Italy, is undertaking a process of industrial transition, the success of which may be linked to an updated approach to its regional innovation policy. This should include promoting technology and non-technology...
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Paris :
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
2021.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Executive Summary
- Key Findings
- The territorial context
- Broadening the definition and approach to innovation
- From an innovation environment to an innovation ecosystem
- Reinforcing the (multi-level) governance of Piedmont's innovation policy
- Future-proofing the Piedmont innovation cluster model
- 1 Assessment and Recommendations
- Trends, challenges and opportunities for innovation-led growth in Piedmont
- Good economic development levels combined with weak long-term growth patterns
- A regional asset, industry may be facing a period of decline
- COVID-19 is exacerbating negative economic trends yet may bring opportunity
- Innovation can play a starring role in Piedmont's economy
- Reconsidering innovation policy and its innovation governance
- Applying a broader definition and approach to innovation
- Attracting investment by focusing on unique competences and knowledge sources
- Helping small enterprises build productivity and their innovation capabilities
- Transforming to an innovation ecosystem
- Refining the multi-level governance system for innovation policy
- Revisiting Piedmont's cluster policy and model
- Supporting knowledge heterogeneity for greater innovation capacity
- Clusters as drivers of the regional innovation ecosystem
- Clusters as drivers of cross-border collaboration and internationalisation
- Promoting the region's clusters as drivers of strategic intelligence and sustainable development
- 2 Innovation-led growth in Piedmont, Italy: Trends, challenges and opportunities
- Introduction
- Piedmont: a wealthy region with low economic and labour performance
- Structural and territorial features of the regional economy
- Economic trends
- The job market in Piedmont faces rising unemployment and polarisation.
- Industry remains a strong regional asset, but it is losing jobs
- Innovation can contribute to reversing economic decline
- COVID-19 is magnifying Piedmont's existing economic trends
- Conclusion
- References
- Notes
- 3 Reconsidering innovation policy and reinforcing innovation policy governance in Piedmont, Italy
- Introduction
- An overview of innovation in Piedmont
- Piedmont's regional innovation system
- Piedmont's innovation policy in the 2014-2020 EU programming period
- Looking forward
- Updating Piedmont's innovation policy: broadening the definition and approach to innovation
- Promoting more than technological innovation
- "Mainstreaming" social innovation by integrating it into the innovation policy
- Reinforcing innovation in the public sector as part of innovation policy
- Promoting the region's unique competences and knowledge sources to attract investment
- Better supporting innovation among the "S" in SMEs to boost productivity and innovation capabilities
- Using innovation policy to strengthen value chains
- Raising innovation capabilities within small (and micro) firms
- Making the most of Piedmont's Istituti Tecnici Superiori to address a skill deficit
- Making the most out of the ITS
- Generating a more integrated regional innovation system: from innovation environment to innovation ecosystem
- Linking innovation actors and activities
- Creating a single entry point to the regional innovation ecosystem
- Creating regional innovation platforms around existing strategic themes
- Filling a leadership void with a regional innovation coordination body
- Consider establishing a regional development agency
- Consider establishing a regional innovation agency
- Consider establishing a regional innovation council or council for science, technology, and innovation.
- Reinforcing the governance of innovation policy in Piedmont
- Working within the established framework conditions
- Working within multi-level strategic frameworks
- Working within EU and national regulations
- Working within Cohesion Policy and other investment funding parameters
- Reinforcing the institutional context and institutions to deliver innovation policy
- Administrative capacity among small municipalities and small enterprises
- Boosting multi-stakeholder participation in the innovation and innovation policy process
- Enhancing evidence bases and performance measurement practices for more successful innovation policy
- Building evidence bases for innovation policy
- Reinforcing outcomes-based performance measurement at the regional level
- Conclusion and recommendations
- References
- Notes
- 4 Towards a revised cluster policy for Piedmont, Italy
- Introduction
- Piedmont's cluster policy and cluster model: 2009-2020
- Objectives of Piedmont's cluster policy
- The organisation of Piedmont's regional clusters
- Why cluster policy in Piedmont needs a rethink
- Towards an upgraded cluster policy for Piedmont
- Focus area 1: Innovation clusters as drivers of the regional innovation ecosystem
- Improving cluster collaboration within the regional innovation ecosystem
- A cluster management platform could promote synergies and foster cross-sector diversification
- Using clusters to support university-industry collaboration
- Strategic collaboration between clusters and universities on regional knowledge transfer
- Strengthened interaction on education programmes that match the needs of companies
- Supporting skills for industry through clusters
- Better linking clusters with the Istituti Tecnici Superiori
- Supporting SMEs and entrepreneurship through clusters.
- Focus area 2: Clusters as drivers of cross-border collaboration and internationalisation
- Cluster internationalisation helps to increase knowledge heterogeneity in Piedmont's clusters
- Improved cluster collaboration and internationalisation requires several policy actions
- Developing a cluster internationalisation strategy for Piedmont
- Participation in international projects and cluster exchanges
- Ensuring knowledge spillovers to local businesses not directly involved in internationalisation efforts
- Opening up local clusters to outside actors
- Aligning internationalisation activities between the clusters and the foreign direct investment agency
- Focus area 3: Clusters as providers of strategic intelligence for the region
- Developing and implementing strategic foresight and technology roadmaps through clusters
- Using clusters to support social and environmental innovation practices in Piedmont
- Conclusion and recommendations
- References
- Notes.
