A Post-Mortem of Regional Innovation Policy Failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI). Issue 7 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brown, Ross; Gregson, Geoff; Mason, Colin
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 50:Issue 7(2016)
• Page Start: 1260
• Page End: 1272
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Regional innovation system -- Commercialization -- Entrepreneurial ecosystem -- Public policy -- Peripheral region; 区域创新系统 -- 商业化 -- 企业生态系统 -- 公共政策 -- 边陲区域; Système régional d'innovation -- Commercialisation -- Écosystème entrepreneurial -- Politique publique -- Zone périphérique; Regionales Innovationssystem -- Kommerzialisierung -- Unternehmerisches Ökosystem -- Öffentliche Politik -- Periphere Region; Sistema de innovación regional -- Comercialización -- Ecosistema empresarial -- Política pública -- Región periférica; M13 -- O12 -- O31 -- O32 -- O33 -- O38; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.985644
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

Abstract : Brown R., Gregson G. and Mason C. A post-mortem of regional innovation policy failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI), Regional Studies . The Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI) was one of the most ambitious 'systemic' regional innovation policy instruments developed in the UK in recent years. However, little of the ITI's anticipated outputs materialized and the programme was prematurely terminated. This paper examines the reasons for its failure, which largely centred on the programme's inappropriate design. The findings suggest that greater recognition needs to be given to the specificities of local entrepreneurial ecosystems when designing, aligning and executing systemic innovation policy instruments. It is argued that paying greater attention to policy failures could potentially help innovation scholars better understand how innovation systems function.