Innovation and growth potentials of European regions: A meta-multi-criteria analysis

P. Nijkamp, F. Zwetsloot, S. van der Wal

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Abstract

Creative regions are nowadays seen as foci of innovation and growth and are hence regarded strategic areas in a fierce-and often global-competition. This paper aims at providing an operational assessment framework for evaluating the innovation potential of competing regions on the basis of statistical indicators that mirror the indigenous regional creative resources. A set of five distinct evaluation methods is proposed to assess this innovation potential, on the basis of a comparative study on nine regions in Europe. This approach enables us to identify and rank the most promising regions. The robustness of the findings is tested by applying a meta-multicriteria analysis. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)595-611
Number of pages17
JournalEuropean Planning Studies
Volume18
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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