On the study and practice of regional innovation policy: the potential of interpretive policy analysis

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dc.contributor.authorArrona Etxaniz, Ainhoa
dc.contributor.authorZabala Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-14T11:07:25Z
dc.date.available2026-04-14T11:07:25Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-02
dc.date.updated2026-04-14T11:07:25Z
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade, the literature on innovation studies has begun to recognize the growing complexity associated with innovation policies. However, these complexities, inherent to the policy world, have often not been sufficiently recognized or considered in prescriptive studies of regional innovation policies, which may hinder the contribution being made from the research to the practice of innovation policy. The present conceptual article reflects on the relevance of analytical approaches toward capturing, and interacting with, such complexities. We discuss necessary reflections that should take place in the process of analyzing regional innovation policies so as to grasp and address their complexities in a more comprehensive and holistic manner. We specifically propose the incorporation of interpretive policy analysis, a perspective that has a long history in policy sciences even though it is not extensively developed in the literature on regional innovation studies until now.en
dc.description.sponsorshipJon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia acknowledges financial support from the Basque Government Department of Education, Language Policy and Culture (IT 885-16). Ainhoa Arrona acknowledges financial support from Basque Business Development Agency (SPRI)en
dc.identifier.citationArrona, A., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2019). On the study and practice of regional innovation policy: the potential of interpretive policy analysis. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 32(1), 148-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2018.1528141
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13511610.2018.1528141
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8412
dc.identifier.issn1351-1610
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5631
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.rights© 2018 The European Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences
dc.subject.otherCoordination
dc.subject.otherGovernance
dc.subject.otherInterpretive policy analysis
dc.subject.otherPolicy analysis
dc.subject.otherRegional innovation policy
dc.subject.otherRegional innovation studies
dc.titleOn the study and practice of regional innovation policy: the potential of interpretive policy analysisen
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage163
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage148
oaire.citation.titleInnovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
oaire.citation.volume32
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