This paper provides a critical examination of the widely disseminated view that innovation in all or most activities is … hypotheses about the geography of innovation. Moreover, examination of new survey evidence from a large number of firms in the … innovation is very much more limited than has been suggested, as are the supposed advantages of firm smallness …

Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Theoretical Advancement on Regional Innovation (System) Research -- Part II … Empirical Cases of RIS Development -- Part III Regional Innovation Policy. …This book discusses the latest theoretical advances in regional innovation research, presents empirical cases involving …

Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in …

to increase their competitiveness.The three case studies point to the significance of a multilevel approach to innovation …, national, and regional/local resources in innovation processes. Different types of regional innovation systems are considered …: the territorially embedded regional innovation network; the regional networked innovation system; and the regionalized …