agglomeration and innovation. By identifying the factors and policies to promote upgrading, the authors establish the theoretical … and policy basis for transforming industrial clusters from production-oriented to innovation-oriented agglomerations. They …

Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in …

locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how … knowledge in corporate innovation processes, and addresses the challenges of embeddedness. -- The expert contributors draw on … between innovation in companies and regional studies. Significantly, the book also establishes a link between two important …

behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour … innovation given at the 10th anniversary of the Udevalla conference. It is the finest set of conference papers I have seen in the … innovation in entrepreneurship, the second incorporates the institutional environment, while the third looks at the international …

innovation, as well as in the policies that support these processes. In Regional Development and Proximity Relations, André Torre … regional development, Spatial innovation processes, Networks and proximity relations, Place-based strategies and proximity …

strongly appeal to policy-makers in science, technology and innovation policy. It will also benefit students and academics … interested in innovation, science, technology and innovation policy, the economics of innovation, as well as the history and …

Resmini -- Part III: Development theories: Innovation, knowledge and space -- 12. Theories of innovation in space: Path …-breaking achievements in regional science / Roberta Capello -- 13. Innovation and space. Achievements and prospects / Camilla Lenzi -- 14. R …In recent years, economic crises, regional fragmentation trends, radical technological innovation and the failures of …