This report focuses on the case study of the Boston area and allows identifying key success factors in the Boston regional innovation ecosystem. It discusses how the macro-innovation eco-ecosystem is composed by a variety of interconnected micro-innovation eco-systems, mutually reinforcing each other and making the entire “territorial” system successful. The spatial configuration of these micro-innovation ecosystems at the urban scale has been specifically investigated, thus leading to theorize that the Innovation District may act as enabler for place-based innovation. Evidence from the Boston case study shows that there is not a single magic recipe for the successful implementation of place-based and social innovation-driven strategies. On the contrary, the variety of place-grounded combinations of micro and macro initiatives, embedded in the social and spatial fine grain of places and encompassing a diversity of actors, can create the conditions enabling places to thrive and local economic activities to grow in a sustainable way.

Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA) / Rissola, Gabriel; Bevilacqua, Carmelina; Monardo, Bruno; Trillo, Claudia. - (2019), pp. 1-48. [10.2760/91941]

Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA)

Carmelina Bevilacqua
Co-primo
Investigation
;
Bruno Monardo
Co-primo
Investigation
;
2019

Abstract

This report focuses on the case study of the Boston area and allows identifying key success factors in the Boston regional innovation ecosystem. It discusses how the macro-innovation eco-ecosystem is composed by a variety of interconnected micro-innovation eco-systems, mutually reinforcing each other and making the entire “territorial” system successful. The spatial configuration of these micro-innovation ecosystems at the urban scale has been specifically investigated, thus leading to theorize that the Innovation District may act as enabler for place-based innovation. Evidence from the Boston case study shows that there is not a single magic recipe for the successful implementation of place-based and social innovation-driven strategies. On the contrary, the variety of place-grounded combinations of micro and macro initiatives, embedded in the social and spatial fine grain of places and encompassing a diversity of actors, can create the conditions enabling places to thrive and local economic activities to grow in a sustainable way.
2019
978-92-76-01949-7
urban innovation ecosystems; smart specialization strategies; placed based approach
03 Monografia::03a Saggio, Trattato Scientifico
Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA) / Rissola, Gabriel; Bevilacqua, Carmelina; Monardo, Bruno; Trillo, Claudia. - (2019), pp. 1-48. [10.2760/91941]
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