This report focuses on the case study of the Boston area and allows identifying key success factors in the Boston regional innovation ecosystem. It discusses how the macro-innovation eco-ecosystem is composed by a variety of interconnected micro-innovation eco-systems, mutually reinforcing each other and making the entire “territorial” system successful. The spatial configuration of these micro-innovation ecosystems at the urban scale has been specifically investigated, thus leading to theorize that the Innovation District may act as enabler for place-based innovation. Evidence from the Boston case study shows that there is not a single magic recipe for the successful implementation of place-based and social innovation-driven strategies. On the contrary, the variety of place-grounded combinations of micro and macro initiatives, embedded in the social and spatial fine grain of places and encompassing a diversity of actors, can create the conditions enabling places to thrive and local economic activities to grow in a sustainable way.
Bevilacqua, C., Monardo, B. and Trillo, C., Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA), Rissola, G. editor(s), EUR 29720 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, ISBN 978-92-76-01949-7, doi:10.2760/91941, JRC116173.
2019-04-17
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC116173
978-92-76-01950-3 (online) , 978-92-76-01949-7 (print)
1831-9424 (online) , 1018-5593 (print)
EUR 29720 EN , OP KJ-NA-29720-EN-N (online) , OP KJ-NA-29720-EN-C (print)
