Advances in the Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization

<p>1. Assessing EU Smart Specialization Policy in a Comparative Perspective<br>2. The Economic Fundamentals of Smart Specialization Strategies<br>3. Managing Self-Discovery: Diagnostic Monitoring of a Portfolio of Projects and Programs<br>4. Smart Specialization as an Innovation-Driven Strategy for Economic Diversification: Examples From Scandinavian Regions<br>5. Smart Specialization Policy in an Economically Well-Developed, Multilevel Governance System<br>6. Innovation Policy in Southern Europe: Smart Specialization Versus Path Dependence<br>7. Smart Specialization in the US Context; Lessons From the Growth of the Albany, New York Nanotechnology Cluster<br>8. New Structural Economics and Industrial Policies for Catching-Up Economies<br>9. Smart Specialization With Short-Cycle Technologies and Implementation Strategies to Avoid Both Target and Design Failures<br>10. Lessons for a Policy Maker From Real-Life Self-Discovery in Economies With Weak Institutions<br>11. Transnationalizing Smart Specialization Strategy<br>12. Can Smart Specialization and Entrepreneurial Discovery be Organized by the Government? Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe<br>13. From Strategy to Implementation: The Real Challenge for Smart Specialization Policy<br>14. Entrepreneurial Discovery as a Foresight for Smart Specialization; Trade-Offs of Inclusive and Evidence-Based Consensus<br>15. Advancing Theory and Practice of Smart Specialization: Key Messages</p>