behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour … of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy … innovation given at the 10th anniversary of the Udevalla conference. It is the finest set of conference papers I have seen in the …

1. Introduction : innovation, technology and knowledge / Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson and Roger R. Stough -- 2 … performance / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl SØRENSEN -- 6. Knowledge integration and network structure : modelling innovation …. Three stories about national systems of innovation / Alina Liden -- 3. Innovation, productivity and export evidence from …

In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as … been substantially increased investments in research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge and new technologies … and increased investments in diffusing existing knowledge by means of education and thereby raising the volume of human …

clusters, industrial networks and regional innovation systems. This book will appeal to academics and researchers of knowledge … the knowledge involved in their creation is likely to be dispersed and distributed between many individuals and over … numerous locations. The authors argue that even if one assumes that the internal knowledge base is of strategic importance to …

increasing capacities for innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurship. It highlights the current academic and political consensus …1. Introduction to unlocking regional innovation and entrepreneurship: The potential for increasing capacities / Iréne … Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson -- 2. Activating and redirecting regional potentials through innovation and …