"The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities. The book brings...

The study of universities' role in regional engagement has traditionally been focusing on exceptional cases. This book presents a reconceptualization which embraces its underlying complexity and proposes a roadmap for a renewed research agenda. Starting from the grassroots level of universities'...

Setting the scene : steps towards a geographical political economy -- Conceptualising economies and their geographies : spaces, flows and circuits -- "The learning economy, the learning firm and the learning region" : a sympathetic critique of the limits to learning -- From knowledge-based...