| CEIP | Centro Estero Internazionalizzazione Piemonte |
| DSU | Documento Strategico Unitario |
| EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
| EOCIC | European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial Change |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FTE | Full time equivalents |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| IBN | Innovative business network |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IPP | Innovative public procurement |
| IRES Piemonte | Istituto di Ricerche Economico Sociali del Piemonte |
| ITS | Istituti Tecnici Superiori |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KTP | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| NEET | Not in employment, education or training |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics |
| OIP | Open Innovation Platform (Tampere, Finland) |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PIMAP | The Cluster Partnership for Photonics for Advanced Manufacturing |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| QoG | Quality of governance |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&I | Research and innovation |
| RDA | Regional development agency |
| RIA | Regional innovation agency |
| RIS | Regional innovation system |
| RIS3 | Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy |
| S3 | Smart specialisation strategy |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SPRI | Sociedad para la Promoción y Reconversión Industrial |
| TL | Territorial Level |
| Transfers LR | Transfers Languedoc-Roussillon |
| VET | Vocational education training |
Regional Innovation in Piedmont, Italy
From Innovation Environment to Innovation Ecosystem
