Strategies and Promotion of Innovation
in Regional Policies
around the Mare Balticum Contents
Foreword Jsirgen Hogeforster 8
Section 1: Economic Trends in the Baltic Sea Region
Der Ostseeraum — eine der innovativsten und wettbewerbsfahigsten Regional Dorothee Stapelfeld 12
Regional Development in the Baltic Sea Region: Current Economic Trends and Perspectives U/rike Biermann, Silvia Stiller 16
Strategies for Dealing with Demographic Changes in the Baltic Sea Area Alexander ¥ revel 34
Ahnlichkeiten der Bevolkerungsstruktur der Territorialeinheiten der NUTS-Region Ewa Wedrowska 54
Analysis of the Labour Market in the Baltic Sea Region Tatiana 0. Dyukina 76
Influence of Small and Medium-Sized Business Innovations on Economic Development in Lithuanian Regions Romualdas Ginevicius, Vjtas Navickas . 83
Section 2: Innovation Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises
Open Innovations Between a University of Applied Sciences and SMEs: a Finnish Model for Regional Innovation Sirpa Sandelin, Kari Laine, Matti Uihdeniemi 100
Coopetition as an Activating Factor for Innovation in the EU Anna Gardocka-Jalmviec, Adam Tomanek 122
Digital User Driven Innovation PaivelS. C^amy 141
Innovation and Knowledge Management in the SME Sector and the Role of Normative Management Systems Piotr Grudowski ' 151 Promoting Innovation and the Globalisation of Consumer Services Using the Example of St. Petersburg Nikolay Sidorov 160
Innovation as Interaction in Micro and Small Enterprises in the Forest Sector of Latvia Matiss Neimanis • 166
Instruments of Supporting the Innovation of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Pomorskie Province Anita Richert-Kafynierska 178
Collaborative SME Promotion Beyond Baltic Sea Boundaries: the Approach of the "European Business Support Network" Nikolai Lui^ky 204
The Role of Stock Markets in Innovative Development in the Baltic Sea Countries Michael Micbaelovicb ljoubochkin 212
The Impact of Multicultural Diversity on the Transferability of Best Practices Katariina Robbelen-Voigt, Tim Tregen^a 219
Section 3: Regional Innovation Policy
Hamburg auf dem Weg zur Innovationshauptstadt fur Europa Andreas Rieckhof 228
Zehn Thesen zur Regionalpolitik im Ostseeraum Josef Kat^er 234
Spatial Development Policy and Promotion of Innovations in the Baltic Sea Region Wilfried GSrmar 245
Smart Urban Growth — Myth or New Paradigm? Tomas^ Parteka • 259
How Can Regions Best Prepare Their Smart Specialisation Strategies? Andreas Richter 271
Actual Problems of the Formation of an Innovative Economy During the Post Crisis Period in the Baltic Sea Region TA. Potihenchenko 280 Regional Innovation Driven Policy in the Baltic Rim Countries in the Age of Global Turbulence Una Boyko 289
Innovation in the Strategies of Polish Provinces - a Compara-tive Study of Selected Cases Mar^ena Gr^esiak ' 297
The Competitive Advantage of Pomorskie Voivodeship in Strategic Documents Based on the Regional Innovation Strategy Alicja Sekuta 336
Innovation Activity in the Republic of Belarus Andrei Gennadievicb Prarouski, Natallia Petrovna Chetyrbock 351
The Role of German Studies for Innovation Projects in the Baltic Part of North-Western Federal Okrug in Russia Dmitry Melnikov 365
The Baltic Sea Labour Forum: Aspects of the Labour Market Development in the Baltic Sea Region Silke Loren% 371
Symbolic Politics and Formation of Identity (using the ex-amples Novgorod region and Saint-Petersburg) Natalia Ostashova • • 374
Ziele und Strategien fur eine innovative Regionalpolitik im Ostseeraum Jiirgen Hogeforster 379
Results of the 7th Hanseatic Conference
Innovationsforderung und innovative Regionalpolitik im Ostseeraum: Ergebnisse der Arbeitssitzungen der 7. Hanse-Tagung Philippjarke 398
Promoting Innovation and Innovative Regional Policy in the Baltic Sea Region: Results of the Working Sessions of the 7th Hanseatic Conference Philippjarke ' 412