Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development: The European Union and its Strategies

Borut Rončević; Victor Cepoi

Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development: The European Union and its Strategies

by Borut Rončević (Edited)

, Victor Cepoi (Edited)

Open Access

The subsequent volume revolves around the Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) as an
approach to conceptualization and operationalisation for the purpose of empirical
research. It contributes a new perspective and approach in research on innovation.
We believe that SOFIA can have implications for both academic research and practical
applications in reshaping the existing instruments and governance arrangements
in innovation policy. Whilst applying SOFIA, we urge researchers to leverage
the plurality of different qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approaches
in innovation studies, including less conventional methods, such as QCA (Ragin,
2008). Diligent application of SOFIA can also subsequently lead to the development
of high-level theoretical contributions.

Cover
Title
Copyright
About the editors
About the book
This eBook can be cited
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA) to Research on Social Change: Innovations as Social Fields (Borut Rončević, Dolores Modic, and Tea Golob)
EU, Grand Strategies, and Policy-Making
- The EU Strategies and Policies on Artificial Intelligence and Their Impact on Fundamental Values (Petra Kleindienst)
- Clusters vs Networks. A Dilemma for Regional Innovation Policy (Cristian Gangaliuc)
Innovation 2.0 for Smart, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Regional Context
- Open Innovation and Its Impacts on Interorganisational Stability: A SOFIA Perspective Addressing the Sustainable Growth in Regional Context (Tamara Besednjak Valič)
- Is Open Innovation (2.0) Leading to the Circular Economy (2.0)? (Urška Fric)
Technologies, Innovations and Regional Policy
- Technologies, Innovation and Regional Policy – It Is Not All About Business (Alenka Pandiloska Jurak)
- Innovation Process in the Framework of Social-Fields-Approach (SOFIA): A Qualitative Assessment for Ireland and Slovenia (Victor Cepoi)
Keywords Index
Authors’ Index

Pages:

160

Year:

2022

ISBN (HARDBACK):

9783631838068 (Active)

ISBN (EPUB):

9783631838914 (Active)

ISBN (PDF):

9783631838907 (Active)

DOI:

10.3726/b17733

Language:

English

Keywords:

Winkelkötter, Development, Strategies, Innovation, Technologies, European, Borut, Cepoi, regional, Rončević, Victor, Union, innovations

Published:

Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2022. 160 pp., 3 fig. col., 2 tables.

Borut Roncˇevic´, PhD, is a professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and Faculty of Information Studies (Novo mesto, Slovenia). He is the fellow of Regional Studies Association. He is Jean Monnet Chair of Cultural Political Economy of Europe 2030 and the head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development” (2017–2020) and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030.” He was a visiting scholar at academic institutions in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon and Croatia.

Victor Cepoi, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Information Studies (Novo mesto, Slovenia) and School of Advanced Social Studies (Nova Gorica, Slovenia). He has experience working in various national and international projects as a researcher and project manager: Interreg Danube Region, Erasmus +, etc. Currently, he is a holder of a Jean Monnet Module “Technology and Innovation Communities 2030”.

Technologies and Innovations in Regional Development: The European Union and its Strategies

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