Prototyping (online) Events to Support Entrepreneurial Discovery: The Cases of Alentejo and Algarve
The Covid-19 pandemic and the government measures to stop the disease from spreading accelerated corporate digital transition and the use of digital communications. In-person meetings were replaced by online video conference meetings, and such a trend may persist beyond the short term. Communication technologies can also help to improve the mechanisms of support to the Smart Specialisation Entrepreneurial Discovery process, however, the existing literature does not explicitly address the need to adapt this process to non-in-person events. The present paper aims to fill this gap, by describing the lessons learned with an experiment conducted in the Portuguese regions of Alentejo and Algarve for prototyping online policy support to the “Entrepreneurial Discovery Process”. It also provides some guidelines on the organisation of such events, distinguishing between what can be done before, during, and after the event. Furthermore, adopting a digital approach can ensure not only the continuity of the policy in difficult times but can also be a way to improve participation in the S3 governance model in the post-corona crisis.
LARANJA Manuel;
MARQUES SANTOS Anabela;
2025-08-12
Universidade de Évora
JRC128151
2183-8992 (online),
https://www.umpp.uevora.pt/publicacoes/Public-Policy-Portuguese-Journal,
https://gdoc.uevora.pt/783254,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128151,
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