%0 Journal Article %T Case study on the components of an innovative region: resund Region (Denmark-Sweden) %A Andrei £¿tefan S£¿b£¿u %J Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii %D 2012 %I NR&DI URBAN-INCERC %X How can one describe the components of an innovative region? What characterizes a region as being innovative? This paper presents the close relationship between innovation and regional development in an empirical analysis of the resund Region (the south-western part of Scandinavia: Sweden and Denmark), arguing the role of the universities, public institutions and R&D companies in placing the resund Region on the map as a world-leading player in providing biotech and medical technology. %K innovation %K knowledge-based development %K entrepreneurship %K triple-helix innovation model %U http://uac.incd.ro/Art/v3n2a01.pdf