Transcript Halkier Lublin 171111

RESTRUCTURING THROUGH
INNOVATION POLICY
The case of 1,5 Danish regions
 Regional policy from redistribution to innovation
 A tale of 1,5 regions
 Conclusions: Restructuring and regional policy
Professor Henrik Halkier
Aalborg University, Denmark
[email protected]
Regional policy from
REDISTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION
Geography
Selective
Inclusive
Organisation
Single tier
National
top-down
Regional/local
bottom-up
Multi-level
EU Structural
Funds
Growth
partnerships
Strategic shift away from redistribution …
… towards entrepreneurship and innovation
Henrik Halkier, [email protected]
Restructuring through innovation policy
A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS
REGIONAL POLICY GEOGRAPHICAL SELECTIVITY
Mid-1980s
Henrik Halkier, [email protected]
2006 onwards
Restructuring through innovation policy
A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS
MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Regions
North Jutland
Southern Islands
Develop- Private Entrepreneurial
ment
SMEs
resources Public Policy synergy
University
Henrik Halkier, [email protected]
Many branch
factories
Composite policies
Few knowledge
institutions
Restructuring through innovation policy
A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS
MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
IN NORTH JUTLAND
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Nearly 20 years of European funding
Network of implementing bodies
Coordination via regional partnership body
Focus on structural change and competitiveness
 in new and traditional industries
 network creation as policy instrument
 firm-firm relations
 firm-university links
 public-private partnerships
Henrik Halkier, [email protected]
Restructuring and regional policy
CONCLUSIONS
 Importance of having resources to mobilise
 Innovative firms, knowledge institutions
 external funding
 Culture of collaboration
 mutual dependencies, development of trust
 political and administrative input
 Dynamic strategic synergies
 political consensus, private stakeholding
 combination of different knowledges
Henrik Halkier, [email protected]