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This chapter explores the new models of innovation that have emerged as a response to societal challenges and it focuses on the role of the municipality as a catalyst of social and technological innovation. After discussing the advent of these new models of societal innovation—and the diverse communities of public, private and civic actors that are driving them—the chapter provides an empirical illustration of these new models of innovation by focusing on the experience of the Cardiff Capital Region, where ten municipalities have formed a new governance system to catalyse territorial innovation in an old industrial region.
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Morgan, K., Henderson, D. (2023). New Models of Innovation in Old Industrial Regions. In: Teles, F., Rodrigues, C., Ramos, F., Botelho, A. (eds) Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions. Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20577-4_2
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