Society heavily depends on infrastructure systems, such as road-traffic networks, water networks, electricity networks …, etc. Infrastructure systems are hereby considered to be large-scale, networked systems, that almost everybody uses on a …

This book brings together original research on the role of networks in regional economic development and innovation. It … innovation economics and evolutionary economic geography, and particularly those interested in using agent-based models and … empirical case studies. However, it also targets (regional) innovation policy makers who are not only interested in policy …

systematic comparison of a variety of infrastructure sectors, identifies general developmental trends and supplies theoretical …

Normative Theory of Innovation -- Part 3: Behaviour -- The reason why seemingly fit firms do not necessarily grow: Confounded … approach that focusses on complex processes driven by endogenous innovation as well as crisis. The theoretical considerations … meso core of evolutionary growth theory -- Part 2: Aggregate Outcomes -- Global Dynamics, Capabilities and the Crisis …

Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Industry -- Innovation and Demand in Industry Dynamics -- Production and Financial Linkages in … Inter-Firm Networks -- Does History Matter?- Innovation, Real primary Commodity Prices and Business Cycles -- Knowledge … Reorganizer -- Looking Around: the Smart Way of Italian SMEs to Innovate -- Strategic Fit Between Regional Innovation Policy and …

The Evolution of Economic Systems -- The Evolution of Innovation Systems -- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition. … interconnected processes of innovation and entrepreneurship, which are the ultimate sources of all economic growth. Twenty two … chapters are provided by renowned experts in the related fields of evolutionary economics and the economics of innovation. …

Spillovers -- The Innovation Performance of MNE Subsidiaries and Local Embeddedness -- Towards a Systemic and Evolutionary … Pharmaceutical System of Innovation -- Outsourcing and Diffusion of Knowledge in ICT Clusters … innovation of labor markets, the spatial distribution of innovation dynamics, and the meaning of knowledge generation and …