Actors of the R&D and innovation systems in periphery regions

Abstract

Studies of the R&D and innovation system have been making relevant progress when adopting a regional perspective with more apropiate analysis of the characteristics of the actors in the economic and political structure. Political stakeholders have also attended to planning public policies in science and technology and innovation with the aim of being more efficient. However, orientation of regional studies of innovation is anchored in success syselements could be generalised for other regions, especially, periphery regions with nearly or none industrial development, and, therefore, with a little or no development industrial, and, therefore, with a situation very unfavorable for developing knowledge-based economies. In this work we analyse attitudes and opinions of main actors of Canary R&D and innovation system, which is an ultraperipheral and non industrialised region. The methodology based on discussion and Delphi groups allow us to establish the way of thinking and behaviour of local agents. We will be able to show, thus, in addition to the structure of the region, that the attitude adopted by the social agents play a fundamental role in the develop of the regional R&D and innovation system.