-institutional factors which prevents innovation from being effectively translated into economic growth. The book takes an eclectic approach … to the territorial genesis of innovation and regional growth by combining different theoretical strands into one model of … significant insights into the distinctive features of the European process of innovation and its territorial determinants. The …

able to gain and maintain world leadership in innovation and technology while the latter continues to lag. Notwithstanding … the magnitude of this innovation gap and the political emphasis placed upon it on both sides of the Atlantic, very little … differences between the two continents in the quantity and quality of the major lsquo;inputs' to innovation: Ramp;D investments …

1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Frameworks: A Spatial Perspective on Innovation and the Genesis of Regional Growth -- 3 … Flows and Their Spatial Extent -- 6 Innovation in an Integrated Framework: A Europe-United States Comparative Analysis -- 7 …-institutional factors which prevents innovation from being effectively translated into economic growth. The book takes an eclectic approach …