@article{JRC116173,
	number = {KJ-NA-29720-EN-N (online),KJ-NA-29720-EN-C (print)},
	address = {Luxembourg (Luxembourg)},
	issn = {1831-9424 (online),1018-5593 (print)},
	year = {2019},
	author = {Rissola GJ and Bevilacqua C and Monardo B and Trillo C},
	isbn = {978-92-76-01950-3 (online),978-92-76-01949-7 (print)},
	publisher = {Publications Office of the European Union},
	abstract = {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.
		},
	title = {Place-Based Innovation Ecosystems: Boston-Cambridge Innovation Districts (USA)},
	url = {},
	doi = {10.2760/183238 (online),10.2760/91941 (print)