Forward Professor Dominique Foray Introduction: The Expansion of the Smart Specialization Concept and Practice Marta Gancarczyk, Anna Ujwary-Gil, and Manuel Gonzalez-Lopez
Part1. Regional Smart Specialization Policies: An Experience in Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring
1. Regional Smart Specializations in Central and Eastern Europe: Between Political Decisions and Revealed Technological Potential Krzysztof Klincewicz, Magdalena Marczewska, and Christopher L. Tucci 2. The Implementation of the Smart Specialization Approach in the Peripheral Region of Galicia Maria del Carmen Sanchez-Carreira, Manuel Gonzalez-Lopez, and Pedro Varela-Vazquez 3. Challenges for Monitoring Smart Specialisation in the European Union El?bieta Wojnicka-Sycz, Korneliusz Pylak, Piotr Sli?, and Piotr Sycz
Part2. Smart Specialization in the Sub-Regional and Local Government Context
4. The Impacts of Policy Instruments to Stimulate Bottom-Up Approaches for Smart Specialization: The Case of Baden-Wuerttemberg Elisabeth Baier 5. Exploring the Relationship between Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) and Smart City (SC) Initiatives in the Context of Inland Norway Xiang Ying Mei and Victoria Konovalenko Slettli 6. City Smart Specializations in Tourism: The Cases of Krakow, Poland, and Ko?ice, Slovakia Jacek Gancarczyk, Vanda Marakova, and Ewa Wszendybył-Skulska
Part3. Smart Growth of Enterprises, Clusters, and Networks
7. The Quadruple Helix Partnerships for Enterprise Eco-Innovation in Italian Macro-Regions under the Lens of Smart Specialization strategy Ivano Dileo and Marco Pini 8. Smart Specialization through Cluster Policy: Evidence from Poland and Germany Anna Lis, Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski, and Marta Mackiewicz 9. Municipality Digital Platforms and Local Development in the Warmia and Mazury Region: Implications for Smart Specialization Aleksander Jakimowicz and Daniel Rzeczkowski