AN EVIDENCE-BASED EVALUATION

FRAMEWORK FOR S3PIERRE-ALEXANDRE BALLAND

UTRECHT & MIT

S3

Knowledge is highly concentrated

Smart specialization principles

Innovation is highly concentrated

Balland, P.A., Hidalgo, C.,

et al. (2018) Complex

Economic Activities

Concentrate in Large

Cities

Knowledge is highly concentrated

Economic complexity enables sustainable growth

Smart specialization principles

Knowledge is highly concentrated

Economic complexity enables sustainable growth

The principle of relatedness

Smart specialization principles

Balland et al. (2018)

The technology space

RELATEDNESS

COMPL

EXITY

HIGH RISKS

HIGH BENEFITS

HIGH RISKS

LOW BENEFITS

LOW RISKS

HIGH BENEFITS

LOW RISKS

LOW BENEFITS

Smart Specialization Strategy

Balland et al. (2018)

Ile de France & I4T

București-Ilfov & I4T

Uhlbach et al. (2017)

Inter-regional relatedness

The biggest opportunity of digital transformation of research & innovation policy is not about going paperless and automating routine-based tasks, it is about using digital brains and big data to make better decision-making

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