Examinando por Autor "Wilson, James Ralph"

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    Building policy capacities for tackling grand social challenges exploring the boundary-spanning potential of university research in the social sciences
    (Gobierno Vasco = Eusko Jaurlaritza, Departamento de Economía, Trabajo y Empleo = Ekonomia, Lan eta Enplegu Saila, 2023-02) Arrona Etxaniz, Ainhoa; Magro Montero, Edurne; Wilson, James Ralph
    The emergence of new approaches to regional policy, including the well-known concept of smart specialisation strategies and the need to face grand societal challenges have highlighted the importance of policy capacities among public and private stakeholders. These challenges have increased the pressure on universities and their academic staff to assume more engaged roles within their respective territories. This article explores how social sciences research can contribute to regional policy capacities for tackling social challenges. Specifically, it focuses on the institutional arrangements that universities develop to facilitate engaged research in regions, or what have been labelled «university-based boundary organisations». We suggest that they are a relevant regional instrument due to their integration of knowledge bridging and knowledge coproduction functions. The paper explores how these roles contribute to regional policy capacities through analysis of the case of Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, a university-based boundary organisation in the Basque Country.
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    Construir futuros competitivos sostenibles a través de una investigación transformadora
    (Universidad de Deusto = Deustuko Unibertsitatea, Asociación de Licenciados en Ciencias Económicas, 2024-12) Aranguren, Mari Jose; Canto Farachala, Martha Patricia; Wilson, James Ralph
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    Evidencing the benefits of cluster policies: towards a generalised framework of effects
    (Springer, 2022-05-21) Wilson, James Ralph; Wise, Emily; Smith, Madeline
    Regions around the world employ cluster-based policies as part of their industrial, innovation and development policy mixes. They have become a key tool in smart specialisation strategies and are increasingly used to address societal challenges. Given their popularity and longevity, there is significant demand to better measure and understand the impacts of cluster policies. Yet the diversity of cluster policies employed in different regional competitiveness policy mixes, a complex effect logic and a variety of (mostly intangible) outcomes, and few recognised norms for guiding cluster policy evaluation all hamper a more holistic understanding of their patterns of effects and broader impacts. There lacks a common frame to guide cluster policy evaluation. This paper reviews international evidence on the effects of cluster policy programmes from academic and policy literature, which is then used as an input into a co-creation process with groups of cluster policymakers, practitioners and researchers. The result is a proposal for a generalised framework of effects for cluster policies to support the structuring of cluster policy evaluations and strengthen international policy learning possibilities.