Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change brings together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. The contributors examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and governance structures that influence regional...

Beyond path dependency and competitive convergence: Institutional transfer from a discourse-analytical perspective.- Tacit knowledge, path dependency and local trajectories of growth.- Regional transformation and regional disequilibrium: New knowledge economies and their discontents.- Switching...

Introduction -- Varieties of capitalism and innovation : the Silicon Valley model -- How an American technology cluster emerged and became sustainable : San Diego biotechnology -- The German biotechnology industry : the limits of orchestrated innovation -- Biotechnology in the UK : good but not...