Three Books, One Message: Europe’s Forgotten Regions Can Be Innovative, Too

Gert-Jan Hospers

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.32.1.07

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Gert-Jan Hospers Radboud University, Department of Human Geography, Planning and Environment, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University of Münster, Münster, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-7354

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.32.1.07

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Abstract

With a review of:

Filipe TELES, Carlos RODRIGUES, Fernando RAMOS and Anabela BOTELHO (eds), Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions: Governance, Technologies, and Sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan, London/New York 2023, 305 pages, Matthias KIESE, Rasmus BECK, Dirk FORNAHL and Christian KETELS (eds), Beyond Innovation Hotspots: Clusters for Competitiveness and Transformation in Real Regions, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham 2024, 216 pages, and María del Carmen SÁNCHEZ CARREIRA, Paulo Jorge Reis MOURÃO and Bruno BLANCO-VARELA (eds), European Regional Policy and Development: Forgotten Regions and Spaces, Routledge, Abingdon 2024, 220 pages

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