The rise of the Knowledge Economy has posed an extra and very significant problem for regional development agencies. Formed as the 'Industrial Age' was coming to an end, as instruments to help restructure old industrial regions, they now find the inward investment that once created new job...

Growth cultures : meaning and interpretation in the knowledge age -- The knowledge economy and growth cultures : a theoretical framework -- Bioscientific research and the emergence of knowledge domains -- The microbiology revolution and the crisis in pharmaceuticals -- Academic growth cultures :...