ABSTRACT

This editorial presents the Regional Studies special issue entitled ‘Smart Specialisation and Learning Regions as a Competitive Strategy for Less Developed Regions’, which promotes theoretical and empirical research on Smart Specialisation Strategies in less developed regions, highlighting the role of collaborative networks, regional development policies and governance models to extant new theoretical conceptualizations within this field. This special issue includes a set of eight papers, and it is our expectation that it contributes to the advancement of our understanding of the field, catalyses further attention, and helps to identify future challenges and the research agenda.

摘要

这篇社论介绍了区域研究 专刊，题为“智能专业化和学习区域作为欠发达地区的竞争战略”，该研究促进了欠发达地区智能化专业化战略的理论和实证研究，强调了协作网络，区域发展政策的作用和治理模型以在该领域内存在新的理论概念。本期特刊包括八篇论文，我们希望它有助于增进我们对该领域的理解，引起人们的进一步关注，并有助于确定未来的挑战和研究议程。