Purpose: Regional development must heavily rely on innovation in order to be competitive and improve the standard of … living of its citizens. However, regional policies regarding innovation is often limited by decelerated decision making … order to continuously evaluate the progress of regions and assess different innovation indicators in shorter periods, a …

that creativity, invention and innovation are manifested and flourish in select American, European, and Asian knowledge …-based innovation networks and knowledge clusters. This book will present a number of conceptual and emperical studies from the USA …

accelerated by the forces of globalization. These transition economies can serve as laboratories for understanding the innovation … innovation system development in the context of small catching-up economies. Smallness, path dependency, and latecomer status of … such economies create some inherent limitations for their innovation systems, but these special characteristics can offer …

From Development as Democracy to Innovation as Development: Current local, regional, and global economic and financial … that are based on high quality and quantity innovations. Given the uncertainty and change inherent in the innovation … re-distribution can lead to innovation and help an economy move from a stagnant state into a new sustainable economic …