Volume 18 Issue 3 | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society | Oxford Academic A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

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Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan Abstract. To better understand place-based impacts of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP), this article analyses the evolution of different types of

Smart cities as “mission-oriented” innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems—insights from 20 years of experiments in Japan
Fumi Kitagawa
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The November issue of CJRES will be on the theme of Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development
This issue has been edited by Maryann Feldman, Michael Kitson, Johan Larsson, Peter Tyler and Elvira Uyarra

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Governing green missions within regions: the case of the Basque Country Abstract. This paper examines the place-based dimensions of mission-oriented innovation policies, specifically exploring the role of governance modes and i

Governing green missions within regions: the case of the Basque Country
Edurne Magro and Ainhoa Arrona
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Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy Mission-oriented innovation policy has re-emerged as an active form of state intervention in research and innovation. Inspired by the work of Marianna Mazz

Mission-oriented innovation: from a new vocabulary to a new grammar for regional innovation policy
Iris Wanzenböck
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Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China Abstract. This paper explores the under-researched actors in Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy (MOIP) research, specifically the transformative roles of m

Evolving scales and spaces of mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital age: digital transition of makerspace innovation in Shenzhen, China
Chun Yang and Rui Hu
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Embedding city revival into state-driven innovation system: unravelling the state–local entrepreneurial toolkits for innovation Abstract. What spatial interactions exist between state-driven innovation system building and regional rebalancing locally? Xi'an's resurgence via the deve

Embedding city revival into state-driven innovation system: unravelling the state–local entrepreneurial toolkits for innovation
Ziming Li, Yiqing Zhao and Zhang Zhang,
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Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity Abstract. Mission-oriented innovation policies have come to the forefront of debates in both research and policymaking. While attention has focused on top-

Analysing the prospects for place-based micro-missions: the role of challenge complexity and regional capacity
Dylan Henderson and Rick Delbridge
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