The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional Developmen... - 9780367663131

The Entrepreneurial Discovery Process and Regional DevelopmentNew Knowledge Emergence, Conversion and Exploitation\nAuthor(s): ge Mariussen, Seija Virkkala, Hkon Finne, Tone Merethe Aasen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367663131, 978-0367663131\nSynopsis\nThere is a broad and long-standing debate on possible solutions to the regional vulnerabilities of globalisation. In 2014, the European Commission began implementing Smart Specialisation Strategy, a place-based strategy of growth, regional transformation and new industrial policy with collective entrepreneurial discovery processes (EDP) at its core. This volume approaches the mystery of entrepreneurial discovery; that is, how relevant knowledge is created, converted and shared in a process of discovery. \n\nThese essays bring together scholars from economics, geography, sociology, organisation studies, innovation studies, and complexity theory, offering new a.