Contents: 1. Introduction: setting the stage; identifying the major drivers of globalization / Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett and Tina Wallin -- Part I: General aspects of globalization -- 2. Does culture matter? The role of board efficacy, growth and competitiveness in Western and Asian...

Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- Part I: Geography of structural change, employment and productivity -- 2. Exploring regional differences in the regional capacity to absorb displacements / Kristina Nyström and Ingrid Viklund Ros --...

Contents: 1. Introduction: geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship / Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard -- 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives / Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo...