Fostering innovation at regional level: Lessons from the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) experience

This document is the final report for the study ‘Fostering innovation at regional level: lessons from the European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) experience’. This study analyses measures implemented by EER regions to increase the capacity for innovation in Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

The European Entrepreneurial Region (EER) Award is an initiative of the Committee of the Regions launched in 2009 identifying and rewarding EU regions with outstanding, future-oriented entrepreneurial strategies aimed at applying the ten principles of the ‘Small Business Act’ for Europe(SBA). Since the EER entrepreneurial policies are viewed as good practice examples thanks to their visible, credible, forward-looking and promising political vision, understanding how these regions adopt and implement strategies for fostering innovation (in particular, under Principle VIII of the SBA) could provide strategic policy instruments for other EU regions

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