List of content

MODULE 1 – INTRODUCTIONS
Module description
Unit 1 – Introduction to the course
Unit 2 – Smart specialisation in a nutshell (3 videos)
Case study 1 – The region of Limburg (NL)
Unit 3 – Spontaneous dynamics of entrepreneurial discovery and structural changes (2 videos)
Unit 4 – The two faces of a smart specialisation strategy
Conclusion

MODULE 2 – THEORETICAL ELEMENTS
Module description
Unit 1 –Building local capabilities in the age of Global Value Chain (2 videos)
Unit 2 – General purpose technologies – “there is not only one game in town”
Unit 3 – Entrepreneurial discovery
Unit 4 – S3 between specialisation and variety
Unit 5 – The economic theory of innovation policy (2 videos)
Conclusion

MODULE 3 – OPERATIONALISATION: DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Module description
Unit 1 – Towards a process for S3 development (3 videos)
Unit 2 – Sound base of evidence – tools (2 videos)
Unit 3 – Sound base of evidence – data
Unit 4 – Analysing entrepreneurial resources
Conclusion

MODULE 4 – OPERATIONALISATION: FROM STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENTATION
Module description
Unit 1 – Supporting exploration and coordination within a priority area
Unit 2 – Flexibility, evaluation and monitoring (2 videos)
Unit 3 – The “Smart State” (Kevin Morgan) (2 videos)
Unit 4 – Repetition of the fundamentals
Unit 5 – What we have learned-in 5 years of real policy experience (1 video) & Project Mapping (1 video)
Conclusion

MODULE 5 – SMART SPECIALISATION EXAMPLES & DISCUSSIONS

Module description
Unit 1 – The EU experiment
Unit 2 – The future of Smart Specialisation in the EU
Unit 3 – Interview with Peter Berkowitz
Case study 2: Basque  Country
Case study 3: Crete
Case study 4: Värmland
Unit 4 – Final messages
Conclusion