needs a new innovation policy to guide the economic performance of cities and regions. In particular, the paper analyzes … which innovation policies proved to be effective during the previous three industrial transitions and draws out insights … or pillars underlying innovation and economic performance, policy strategies for industrial transition are considered …

is that large cities may adopt as a strategy the establishment of laboratories of innovation focused on urban development … the population to use creativity and knowledge in order to propose feasible innovative solutions to the serious urban … innovation in several cases. The aim of this research is to study STPs and their possible contribution to sustainable …