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To develop a dynamic, network-based conceptual framework that explains how Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) emerge, transform, and potentially reverse over time.

August 19, 2026Industry and InnovationOpen Access

Towards a dynamic conceptualisation of the regional innovation system: the systemic knowledge network continuum

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AWAdi WeidenfeldCenter for Social and Economic Research TBTom BroekelUniversity of Stavanger NCNick CliftonCardiff Metropolitan University

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Conceptual framework demonstrates how dynamic network mechanisms drive regional innovation system evolution, suggesting more adaptive approaches to regional policy.

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To develop a dynamic, network-based conceptual framework that explains how Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) emerge, transform, and potentially reverse over time.
Conceptual modeling integrating generative network mechanisms with systemic structural dimensions.
Analysis of system progression across a continuum spanning fragmented interactions to integrated, self-reinforcing knowledge networks.
Evolution of regional innovation systems is governed by the interaction of generative network mechanisms with three core dimensions: coherence, a unifying function, and boundedness.
The framework characterizes system maturity along a dynamic continuum, providing a theoretical foundation for reversible transitions and adaptive, mechanism-oriented innovation policies.

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Weidenfeld et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85632803308d306e2d62cb https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2710707

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Conceptual framework demonstrates how dynamic network mechanisms drive regional innovation system evolution, suggesting more adaptive approaches to regional policy.

Towards a dynamic conceptualisation of the regional innovation system: the systemic knowledge network continuum

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Towards a dynamic conceptualisation of the regional innovation system: the systemic knowledge network continuum

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