Science‐Economy‐Technology Concordance Matrix for Development and Implementation of Regional Smart Specializations in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Abstract

The regional smart specializations include the innovative activities within a common science-economy-technology sector, which open the opportunities to gain a competitive advantage. The original procedure of science-economy-technology concordance matrix development on an example of smart specializations of the Silesian Voivodeship was presented in the paper. The procedure developed includes recognition of the research and economic components of the regional smart specialization and the connection between the economic components of the regional specialization and the technological innovation through the international patent classification. It also comprises recognition of key enabling technologies (KETs) and high technologies (of high R&D intensity) other than KET in the economic and technological dimensions of innovation as well as the high R&D intensity services in the economic dimension of innovation. The in-depth expert analyses with the application of the Delphi method were also taken into account. The methodological approach developed and the visualization method applied are both of cognitive and practical importance since they contribute significantly to the creation of efficient development policies, to the enhancement and facilitation of cross-sectoral cooperation, and to the focusing on the fields of key importance in terms of the competitive advantage of a region.

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“…For this, direct research might be required, or a detailed analysis of, for example, patent information and data on registered companies on the level of, at least, classes of NACE (statistical classification of economic activities in the EU -Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté). Some examples of such analysis in the context of smart specializations or innovative ecosystems are Smoliński, Bondaruk, Pichlak, Trząski, and Uszok (2015) and Corradini and De Propris (2017).…”

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“…Moreover, the report presents a roadmap of EU regional and urban datasources. The Delphi method is applied in the paper "Science-Economy-Technology Concordance Matrix for Development and Implementation of Regional Smart Specializations in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland" by Smoliński et al (2015), which explains the developed model that recognises the research and economic components of smart specialisation as well as the connection between the economic components and the technological innovation through the international patent classification. In addition, the method also recognises key enabling technologies.…”