innovation / Alina Lidén -- Innovation, productivity and export : evidence from Italy / Roberto Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli … -- Profiting from the breakthrough : technology commercialisation in the global age / Samantha Sharpe -- Innovation and regional … integration and network structure : modelling innovation activity / Piergiuseppe Morone and Richard Taylor -- Proximity …

-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding … entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert … are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for …

behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour …

1. Introduction to unlocking regional innovation and entrepreneurship: The potential for increasing capacities / Iréne … Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson -- 2. Activating and redirecting regional potentials through innovation and … entrepreneurship: An explorative study of European regions / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sørensen -- 3. Urban innovation districts …

Contents: 1. Introduction: Diversity, innovation and clusters - spatial perspectives / Irene Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and … Urban Gråsjö -- 4. Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration / Irene Bernhard, Anna Karin … industrial PhD students and perceptions of their impact on firm innovation / Karin Berg and Maureen McKelvey -- 8. Globalizing …