Diversity, innovation and clusters : spatial perspectives

Contents: 1. Introduction: Diversity, innovation and clusters - spatial perspectives / Irene Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson -- 2. A high-tech trajectory in a resource-rich economy: modern biotechnology in Norway / Terje Gronning -- 3. Tentative indices for regional economic development - an exploratory study using Swedish municipal data / Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö -- 4. Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration / Irene Bernhard, Anna Karin Olsson and Ulrika Lundh Snis -- 5. Patent generation in U.S. Metropolitan areas / Gordon F. Mulligan -- 6. Theorizing transformative innovations: the role of agency in real critical junctures / Lilja Mósesdóttir and Ivar Jonsson -- 7. Exploring industrial PhD students and perceptions of their impact on firm innovation / Karin Berg and Maureen McKelvey -- 8. Globalizing startups business development organizations in the bay area / David Bartlett and Tomasz Mroczkowski -- 9. As an element of the regional innovation cluster, the citizen/non-profit sector that fulfill the "Seedbed Function" of the new industry / Masashi Imase -- 10. The factors in the establishment of Shizuoka Sake brewing cluster. Regional human resources enabling open innovation / Nobuyuki Kishida -- 11. The empirical study on the emergence and diffusion process of design-driven innovation initiated by knowledge creation: from the field study in the industrial cluster of the Sumida Ward, Tokyo / Mutsumi Okuyama, Toshiyuki Yasui, Takashi Maneo and Kyosuke Sakakura -- Index.