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1 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

2 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

3 Henrik Halkier, halkier@cgs.aau.dk Restructuring through innovation policy A TALE OF 1,5 DANISH REGIONS Mid-1980s2006 onwards REGIONAL POLICY GEOGRAPHICAL SELECTIVITY

4 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

5 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

6 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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