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RESTRUCTURING THROUGH INNOVATION POLICY The case of 1,5 Danish regions Professor Henrik Halkier Aalborg University, Denmark halkier@cgs.aau.dk Regional policy from redistribution to innovation A tale of 1,5 regions Conclusions: Restructuring and regional policy
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Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk Regional policy from REDISTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION Geography SelectiveInclusive Organi- sation Single tierNational top-down Regional/local bottom-up Multi-levelEU Structural Funds Growth partnerships Strategic shift away from redistribution … … towards entrepreneurship and innovation
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Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk Restructuring through innovation policy A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS Mid-1980s2006 onwards REGIONAL POLICY GEOGRAPHICAL SELECTIVITY
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Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk Restructuring through innovation policy A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS Regions North JutlandSouthern Islands Develop- ment resources PrivateEntrepreneurial SMEs Many branch factories PublicPolicy synergy University Composite policies Few knowledge institutions MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk Restructuring through innovation policy A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH JUTLAND 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
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Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk 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
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