Can’t get there from here? The challenges of innovation and transformation in Wales

• Calvin Jones ^[1]
  1. [1] Cardiff Business School
• Localización: Ekonomiaz: Revista vasca de economía, ISSN 0213-3865, Nº. 104, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Nueva generación de estrategias regionales para abordar los grandes retos sociales), págs. 186-205
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.69810/ekz.1466
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• Resumen
  • español

    Gales es una región y nación que ha sufrido un declive económico relativo a largo plazo caracterizada por una importante falta de capitales y capacidades económicas. También es una región políticamente autónoma con una obligación constitucional (y un claro enfoque político) en el desarrollo sostenible. Este artículo reflexiona sobre cómo esta orientación hacia desafíos globales y regionales urgentes está dando forma a la estrategia de innovación y considera si el enfoque del gobierno de Gales puede influir en las estructuras y resultados regionales. Concluye que Gales –y quizás otras regiones periféricas– se enfrenta a barreras significativas y duraderas para mejorar el desempeño de la innovación orientada a desafíos dentro de los sistemas actuales.

  • English

    Wales is a region and nation that has suffered long term relative economic decline, and which is characterised by a lack of economically important capitals and capabilities. It is also a politically autonomous region with a constitutional duty for (and a distinct policy focus on) sustainable development. This paper reflects on how this orientation toward urgent global and regional challenges is shaping innovation strategy and considers whether the Welsh Government approach can influence regional structures and outcomes. It concludes that Wales – and perhaps other peripheral regions – faces significant and enduring barriers to improving challenge-oriented innovation performance within current systems.

  • euskara

    Gales epe luzerako gainbehera ekonomiko erlatiboa jasan duen eskualdea eta nazioa da, kapitalen eta gaitasun ekonomikoen gabezia handia ezaugarri duena. Politikoki autonomoa den eskualdea ere bada, eta garapen jasangarrian betebehar konstituzionala (eta ikuspegi politiko argia) du. Artikulu honek gogoeta egiten du premiazko erronka globaletara eta eskualdekoetara bideratze horrek berrikuntza-estrategiari forma nola ematen dion eta Galesko gobernuaren ikuspegiak eskualdeetako egituretan eta emaitzetan eraginik izan dezakeen aztertzen du. Ondorioztatzen du Galesek –eta agian beste eskualde periferiko batzuek– oztopo esanguratsu eta iraunkorrei egin behar diela aurre, egungo sistemen barruan erronketara bideratutako berrikuntzaren jarduna hobetzeko.

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