Journal
REGIONAL STUDIES
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 803-814Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1500687
Keywords
multilevel governance; small and medium-sized enterprises; local authorities; Japan; local innovation policy; decentralization
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [15H03342]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H03342] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Science, technology and innovation (STI) policies increasingly operate in a multilevel policy governance structure. This paper analyzes the variety of local authorities' innovation support mechanisms for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Japan, drawing on a unique data set of 241 local SME research and development (R&D) subsidy programmes at the prefecture and city/municipality levels. The variation of SME R&D subsidy programmes in terms of institutional forms and coordination practices of multilevel innovation support mechanisms is analyzed as manifestations of the complex territorial adaptability. The institutional co-evolutionary processes between different levels of governments help both vertical and horizontal coordination in a highly centralized system.
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