Beyond Territorial Innovation Models: The Pertinence of the Territorial Approach (original) (raw)

Under the direction of Robert Hassink and Arnoud Lagendijk, Regional Studies should publish in 2008 a series of contributions entitled « Debating the genealogy of territorial innovation models ». In that context, the text below is intended to be a first version of the point of view of the innovative milieu stream of thought on that question. An economic approach that takes space and time into consideration sheds unique light on numerous questions raised today. Work on the Territorial innovation models (TIMs) has had a considerable impact on studies relating to innovation in a very wide range of fields (political economy, geography, sociology, political and economic science, etc.). The territorial approach, which has become structured to a considerable extent thanks to research on innovation, still has much to give by applying it to other current concepts and issues at stake. On this note, we shall therefore devote the first section of our article to the various criticisms made in relation to TIMs and perspectives thereof, with the aim of attempting to identify the strengths behind this area of research that should, in our opinion, be preserved and extended within what we shall call territorial economy. The second section will handle current questions and the way in which territorial economy could provide a response to them.

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