
Ekonomie doktor
Johan P Larsson
johan.p.larsson@ratio.se

The article argues that mission-oriented innovation policy is not spatially neutral but produces uneven regional effects depending on local capacities, institutions, and governance arrangements. It shows that national missions are most effective and legitimate when they are translated, adapted, and co-created at the regional level through place-based and multi-level governance.
Feldman, M., Kitson, M., Larsson, J. P., Tyler, P., & Uyarra, E. (2025). Mission-oriented innovation policy: Effects on regions and implications for place-based policy. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 18(3), 439–452.
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society