Recent years have seen strong interest and a growing amount of research and teaching on the phenomenon of economic and business 'clusters'. Even in a global world particular localities appear to have distinctive advantages. This book brings together cutting edge work on the issue by leading...

This article explores how the components of the technological regime affect catching-up and leadership change in green technologies in countries that are leaders and successful latecomers. We look at the extent to which technological opportunity, cumulativeness, originality and complexity of the...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Perspectives on knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems -- pt. 3. Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and innovation systems : the European case -- pt. 5. Policy conclusions.