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Table 7-1: Scenario’s and action plans for the Amsterdam metropolitan areaScenario Regional communities Global competitionOpportunitiesIncreased room for cooperation. Strong pull towards knowledgeActive role for the government based services increases themay aid developing clusters like demand for the financial servicesculture and sustainable sector and other cluster in thedevelopment. Ageing fosters life region. The logistics clusterscience as a growth sector. flourishes due to the growingworld economy. Entrepreneurshipblossoms and is supported byThreats Decreased incentives forentrepreneurship. Slackening ofcapital mobility and inability toraise private r&d.Approach to innovation policyLabor market issuesJoint regional innovation agenda,backing winners. Focus on publicleadership.Increased public investment insocial cohesion. Increasedinvestment in education and lifelonglearning as a form of ‘secondopportunity’ education.Cultural development Increased public investment.Creative sector develops into oneof the main economic clusters ofthe region.Sustainable development Strong public leadership andregulation pushes sustainabledevelopment. There is mustpublic and political pressure onthe HEIs to join forces insupporting sustainability.initiatives like CASE.Focus on competition rather thancooperation. Skill biased growthraises the need to handle socialproblems. The problems in theregion’s infrastructure andhousing market will mount andthreaten economic growth.Incentive for increased privater&d investment must emergebottom-up. Emphasis is placed oncreating favorable regionalconditions for innovation.HEIs supply knowledge and skillsto foster social cohesion. A moreeffective regional learning chainmust develop bottom up and issupported by public-privateinvestment.Cultural sector as one of thecompetitive advantages of theregion. Focus on increasedprivate investmentActivities of the HEIs will remaindifferentiated. Joint action mustemerge bottom up.138
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housing market, on the ‘buying ma
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