Regions tend to become the relevant space for the analysis of public funding of innovation, as emphasised by numerous recent works. However, it is still to be demonstrated that the regional level is really the right spatial scaling for implementing innovation public policies. The aim of this...

In recent years, many countries have engaged in decentralisation/regionalisation policies of their administrative and political structures as well as their economic and social actions. This evolution tends to redefine the space and the modes of interaction among the institutions in charge of...