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1、《区域经济发展战略》课程作业专业区域经济学班级经管院研1022学号1002021085姓名尚天祥2010年秋季学期EvolutionaryeconomicgeographyanditsimplicationsforregionalinnovationpolicyRonBoschmaAbstractRelatedvarietyisimportanttoregionalgrowthbecauseitinducesknowledgetransferbetweencomplementarysectorsattheregionallevel.Thisisacco
2、mplishedthroughthreemechanisms:spinoffdynamics,labormobilityandnetworkformation.Theytransferknowledgeacrossrelatedsectors,whichcontributestoindustrialrenewalandeconomicbranchinginregions.Sincethesemechanismsofknowledgetransferarebasicallytakingplaceattheregionallevel,andbecauset
3、heymakeregionsmoveintonewgrowthpathswhilebuildingontheirexistingassets,regionalinnovationpolicyshouldencouragespinoffactivity,labormobilityandnetworkformation.Doingso,policybuildsonregion-specificassetsthatprovidesopportunitiesbutalsosetslimitstowhatcanbeachievedbypolicy.Publici
4、nterventionshouldneitherapply‘one-size-fits-all’approachesnoradopt‘picking-the-winner’strategies,butshouldaimtoconnectcomplementarysectorsandexploitrelatedvarietyasasourceofregionaldiversification.Keywords:relatedvariety,evolutionaryeconomicgeography,regionalinnovationsystems,re
5、gionalgrowth.1.IntroductionWhydosomeregionsgrowmorethanothers?Tillthelate1980s,neo-classicaltheoryarguedthattechnologyisakeydeterminantofregionalgrowth.However,technologywastreatedasanexogenousfactorand,therefore,thegeographyofinnovationwasleftunexplained(AlcouffeandKuhn,2004).I
6、nspiredbySchumpeter’swork,economicgeographersplayedaprominentroleincriticizingthisneo-classicalframework.Fromtheearly1980sonwards,theyfocusattentionontheexplanationofthegeographyofinnovation.Someregionsaremoreinnovativethanothers,andregion-specificcharacteristicslikeinstitutions
7、maybeunderlyingforces.Thisevenledtotheclaimthatregionsaredriversofinnovationandeconomicgrowth.Conceptslikeindustrialdistricts(Becattini,1987),clusters(Porter,1990),innovativemilieux(Camagni,1991),technologydistricts(Storper,1992),regionalinnovationsystems(Cooke,2001)andlearningr
8、egions(Asheim,1996)havebeenlaunchedinthelastdec
