Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management: Actors, Helices and Consensus Space

Abstract

Abstract. European Smart Specialization (S3) policies aim to mobilize innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities and to deliver job creation

Openness and Continuous Collaboration as the Foundation for Entrepreneurial Discovery Process in Finnish Regions

“…The authors propose also how to orchestrate in practice such complex interactions with long-term strategic impact, which requires a creation of consensus space driven by political commitment and citizen participation that support triple helix governance platform. Todeva and Ketikidis (2017) further highlight that is ultimately businesses that can take forward strategies objectives, and implement them into collaborative inter-regional agreements. Another study on EDP process by Vivanco et al (2016) examines EDP from a micro perspective.…”

“…We take instead more of a macro approach to illustrate EDP process on a regional level and how it includes the identification of RIS3 priority areas and then the implementation of them through a large set of implementation projects that aim for fostering regional development in terms of innovation. Our conceptualization of EDP in most closely related to the work of Todeva and Ketikidis (2017), which illustrates EDP on a regional level. Todeva and Ketikidis (2017) identify as key factors of EDP the stakeholder engagement and matchmaking between triple helix stakeholders.…”

“…Our conceptualization of EDP in most closely related to the work of Todeva and Ketikidis (2017), which illustrates EDP on a regional level. Todeva and Ketikidis (2017) identify as key factors of EDP the stakeholder engagement and matchmaking between triple helix stakeholders. These bare similarities to the factors of engaging and focused networking in our work.…”

“…This is why the centrality of EDP needs to be stressed again and better explained (Foray, 2017). There is still lack of clarity and consensus what constitutes EDP (Todeva & Ketikidis, 2017;Vivanco, Elorduy & Eguía, 2016). Our research explores the underlying factors of EDP and their implementation in practice through a grounded theory approach.…”

“…In fact, there have been few studies so far tackling this matter. One such study is of Todeva and Ketikidis (2017) that identify four strategic responses to the key challenges identified in the operationalization of EDP, and use them as the bases for their model of entrepreneurial discovery and implementation process. The model proposes key activities for the government to operate stakeholder and capability mapping, stakeholder engagement, business model development and matchmaking between triple helix stakeholders.…”