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| Resource ID: |
690 |
| Title: |
Questioning EU Cohesion Policy in Portugal: A complex systems approach |
| Description: |
Development of the Norte region of Portugal has been the object of several studies whose conclusions - according to the present paper - need revision in line with a new scientific paradigm. Asserted that regional and innovation policies should be based on a complex systems approach . Accepting the usefulness of this meta-theory for research on firms' behaviour and innovation, the authors develop a preliminary analysis of the strategic behaviour of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Norte region in responding to direct financial support from Structural Funds. The empirical results confirm the research hypothesis that current policies based on financial incentives have little effectiveness in promoting the changes required by SMEs in the globalizing knowledge-based economy. Considering knowledge as an emergent property of complex social systems, as are firms and regions, the paper argues that SMEs need a customized and interactive innovation policy, managed at a regional level. This argument should be considered, both in Portugal and at the EU level, as part of the EU Cohesion Policy debate after 2006 |
| Author(s): |
Bateira, J. - Vasconcelos, L. |
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Type of resource: |
Research study |
| Area covered: |
Portugal |
| Type of document: |
Journal article |
| ISBN: |
ISSN 0969-7764
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| Journal: |
European and Urban Regional Studies Vol 9 no4
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| Publisher: |
Sage |
| Year of publication: |
2002 |
| Availability: |
library, publisher |
| Is there a dataset? |
No |
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| Is a password required? |
No |
| Associated key phrases: |
regional development, social inclusion
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| Associated topics: |
300, 120, 151
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