Economic growth and innovation in EUSALP. Local specificities and growth assets for the competitiveness of EUSALP

Summary:

This work aims at identifying the territorial specificities of the EU Strategy for the Alpine Region, determining in particular its local peculiarities with respect to Europe in terms of territorial capital endowment – defined as the set of local, tangible and intangible, public and private, assets that constitutes the growth potentials of an area. This conceptual approach enables to highlight the relevance of specific growth assets for the building of a possible smart specialization strategy, where smart is intended in both an economic and territorial sense.

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