Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development -- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants -- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.

The globalization of the economy has led to increased competition between regions when it comes to innovation and business development. Recent research in southwest Norway shows that companies that have a wide range of international partners are significantly more likely to develop new products...

To create state of the art picture of the European regional science review of Lodz Congress papers will be combined with the materials of our previous reviews of reports from the last four Congresses, and our analysis of hundreds of papers published in the major journals of regional science for...