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This report contains four case studies which show how innovative economic activity can radically transform an area. Rather than trying to create the whole innovation system from scratch, they show that successful regeneration fundamentally involves making the most of existing assets, creating links and exploiting synergy between what is already in place, and then building upon these and plugging the gaps by drawing in resources from outside.

We hope that these four case studies will inspire and encourage policymakers to consider how local innovation policy can adapt to existing local assets and advantages, and to build the wider links necessary to supplement and make the most of these.

Published
March 2010

Author
NESTA