Public-Private Collaboration and Spaces for Innovation: The Evolution of the Digital District of the Valencian Community and its Precursors (1982-2024)

1. Introduction Since the 1970s and 1980s, profound structural transformations forced industrial regions to rethink their productive models (Borja and Castells, 1997). The energy crises revealed the vulnerability of these economies and stimulated industrial policies oriented toward a restructuring based on innovation (Rubio Varas and Muñoz Delgado, 2021). Many governments adopted a more market-oriented approach […]