European Perspectives on Regional Development and Inovation Policies - MZ300E010

• Title: European Perspectives on Regional Development and Inovation Policies
• Czech title: Evropské perspektivy politik regionálního rozvoje a inovací
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 7
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 15
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D.; RNDr. Vojtěch Kadlec, Ph.D.
• Is incompatible with: MZ340R11K, MZ340R11

Annotation

Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D. (22.02.2024)

This course provides an introduction to current regional development theories and concepts as well as into current dilemmas in innovation and industrial policies.

The course covers three main blocks: i) conceptual perspectives on regional development, ii) empirical illustrations via case-studies, iii) current approaches to industrial and innovation policies

The following topics will be presented and discussed:

1. Regional development in Czechia in European perspective

2.-3. Institutional theories of regional development: Triple helix, Regional innovation systems theory, new path development model, the role of organizational- and system-level agency in regional development, related variety, differentiated knowledge bases

4.-5. Global production networks

6.-7. Technology transfer in Central and Eastern Europe

8. Global production networks and regional innovation systems: contrasting or complementary policy implications?

9. Evaluation of innovation policies

10. Smart specialisation strategy - European approach and Czech experience

11. Discussion of end-course comparative analysis developed by small teams of students.


Final examination consists of the following:

- presentation of a comparative analysis elaborated by small teams of students (2-3 students) 40%

- final test (40%)

- active participation in a discussion during the lectures (20%).

Literature

Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)

1. BLAŽEK, J. (2016): Towards a typology of repositioning strategies of GVC/GPN suppliers: the case of functional upgrading and downgrading, Journal of Economic Geography, 16: 849-869.


2. BLAŽEK, J., KVĚTOŇ, V., BAUMGARTINGER-SEIRINGER, S., TRIPPL, M. (2020) The dark side of regional industrial path development: towards a typology of trajectories of decline, European Planning Studies 28 (8), 1455-1473.


3. BLAŽEK, J, STEEN, M. (2022): Global production networks and regional innovation systems: contrasting or complementary policy implications? European Planning Studies

4.  BLAŽEK, J., KADLEC, V., KVĚTOŇ, V. (2022) Towards an integarated framework of agency in regional development: the case of old industrial regions, Regional Studies. 

Requirements to the exam

Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D. (22.02.2024)

Final examination consists of the following:

- presentation of a comparative analysis elaborated by small teams of students (2-3 students) 40%

- final test (40%)

- active participation in a discussion during the lectures (20%). 

Syllabus

Last update: prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D. (22.02.2024)

This course provides an introduction to current regional development theories and concepts as well as into current dilemmas in innovation and industrial policies.

The course covers three main blocks: i) conceptual perspectives on regional development, ii) empirical illustrations via case-studies, iii) current approaches to industrial and innovation policies

The following topics will be presented and discussed:

1. Regional development in Czechia in European perspective

2.-3. Institutional theories of regional development: Triple helix, Regional innovation systems theory, new path development model, the role of organizational- and system-level agency in regional development, related variety, differentiated knowledge bases

4.-5. Global production networks

6.-7. Technology transfer in Central and Eastern Europe

8. Global production networks and regional innovation systems: contrasting or complementary policy implications?

9. Evaluation of innovation policies

10. Smart specialisation strategy - European approach and Czech experience

11. Discussion of individual end-course papers introduced by students

Final examination consists of the following:

- presentation of a comparative analysis elaborated by small teams of students (2-3 students) 40%

- final test (40%)

- active participation in a discussion during the lectures (20%).