Jesús M. Valdaliso is Professor of Economic History and Institutions in the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain. James R. Wilson is a Senior Researcher at Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, Spain, and faculty at Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain.

‘Developing a strategy for territorial competitiveness is one of the critical issues facing policy makers and academics today. In Strategies for Shaping Territorial Competitiveness Valdaliso and Wilson have gathered an impressive array of scholars to produce a book that give us both theoretical and practical understanding of the key issues involved. I highly recommend that anyone who is interested in making "spaces" work should read this book.’ — Dan Breznitz, Professor of Global Affairs and Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada

• 1. Strategies for shaping territorial competitiveness: an introduction Part 1: A framework for analyzing territorial strategy 2. Territorial strategy: Deepening in the ‘what’ 3. What is regional strategy? Lessons from business strategy 4. Territorial strategy: deepening in the ‘how’? 5. Reconciling territorial strategies goals and means: towards smart competitiveness policies 6. Evaluating territorial strategies Part 2: Cases in territorial strategy 7. The Basque Country: Past trajectory and path dependency in policy and strategy making 8. Regional competitiveness and Schumpeterian development: Policy evolution in Wales 9. Reflecting on ‘how’ territorial strategies form: The case of Rafaela, Argentina 10. Cross-bordering strategies for the Øresund Region: Different eras and institutional strategies, but unrevealed potentials 11. Regional social and economic development in the Okanagan, Canada: Envisioning the future to initiate a strategy 12. Constructing Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3): Lessons from practice in three European regions 13. Where next for territorial strategy? Concluding remarks and a call to arms

Jesús M. Valdaliso is Professor of Economic History and Institutions in the School of Economics and Business Administration at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain. James R. Wilson is a Senior Researcher at Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness, Spain, and faculty at Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, San Sebastián, Spain.

‘Developing a strategy for territorial competitiveness is one of the critical issues facing policy makers and academics today. In Strategies for Shaping Territorial Competitiveness Valdaliso and Wilson have gathered an impressive array of scholars to produce a book that give us both theoretical and practical understanding of the key issues involved. I highly recommend that anyone who is interested in making "spaces" work should read this book.’ — Dan Breznitz, Professor of Global Affairs and Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada

• 1. Strategies for shaping territorial competitiveness: an introduction Part 1: A framework for analyzing territorial strategy 2. Territorial strategy: Deepening in the ‘what’ 3. What is regional strategy? Lessons from business strategy 4. Territorial strategy: deepening in the ‘how’? 5. Reconciling territorial strategies goals and means: towards smart competitiveness policies 6. Evaluating territorial strategies Part 2: Cases in territorial strategy 7. The Basque Country: Past trajectory and path dependency in policy and strategy making 8. Regional competitiveness and Schumpeterian development: Policy evolution in Wales 9. Reflecting on ‘how’ territorial strategies form: The case of Rafaela, Argentina 10. Cross-bordering strategies for the Øresund Region: Different eras and institutional strategies, but unrevealed potentials 11. Regional social and economic development in the Okanagan, Canada: Envisioning the future to initiate a strategy 12. Constructing Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3): Lessons from practice in three European regions 13. Where next for territorial strategy? Concluding remarks and a call to arms