-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding … entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert … are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for …

Contents: 1. Introduction: Diversity, innovation and clusters - spatial perspectives / Irene Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and … Urban Gråsjö -- 4. Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration / Irene Bernhard, Anna Karin … industrial PhD students and perceptions of their impact on firm innovation / Karin Berg and Maureen McKelvey -- 8. Globalizing …

North America. Considerable emphasis is laid on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of economic growth … book discusses the role of entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of economic growth and development on the sub …

process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant … topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, national, regional and local dynamics of knowledge and innovation …. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process, which can then transform it into an economically useful output such …

pt. 1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and clustering of high-tech. firms -- pt. 2. Case studies -- pt. 3. Cluster …