Understanding the factors affecting the direction of innovation is a central aim of research in the economics and … strategic management of innovation. Progress on this topic has been inhibited by difficulties in measuring the location and … movement of innovation in ideas space. To date, most efforts at measuring the direction of innovation rely on curated …

This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems …. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of … political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They …