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Brain competition policy as a new paradigm of regional policy: A European perspective
- Source :
- Papers in Regional Science. 89:449-461
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2010.
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Abstract
- The emerging knowledge economy has led to an increase of demand and locational competition for highly-skilled labour. Brain competition policy (BCP) is the reaction from national and regional policymakers. In short, BCP refers to the attraction, education and circulation of talent in and between regional and national economies. This new focus on human capital instead of physical capital indicates a paradigmatic shift in innovation policy and regional policy. While most of the contributions to this new policy approach come from the US, it can be demonstrated that different institutions in Europe prevent the simple copying of those strategies. The article contributes to the ongoing paradigmatic shift by conceptualizing a coherent framework for BCP from a European perspective. Abstract La emergente economia del conocimiento ha llevado a un aumento de la demanda y competencia en localizacion de mano de obra altamente especializada. Las politicas de competencia por talento (PCT) son la reaccion nacional y regional de formuladores de politicas. En resumen, PCT se refiere a la atraccion, educacion y circulacion de talento dentro de, y entre, economias regionales y nacionales. Este nuevo enfoque en cuanto a capital humano en lugar de capital fisico indica un cambio paradigmatico en politicas innovadoras y politicas regionales. Aunque la mayoria de aportes a este nuevo enfoque de politicas proviene de los EE.UU., se puede demostrar que las diferentes instituciones europeas impiden el copiar simplemente dichas estrategias. El articulo contribuye al cambio paradigmatico continuo mediante la conceptualizacion de un marco coherente para PCT desde una perspectiva europea.
Details
- ISSN :
- 14355957 and 10568190
- Volume :
- 89
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........704a8d850df6742e63f96aef740955c7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00298.x