Introduction 1. What determines convergence in innovation capacity? ⁰́₃ a literature review 2. Regional approach to innovation, and the role of clusters 3. Convergence or divergence in innovation performance in the world economy ⁰́₃ focus on Europe and China 4. Towards convergence in...

1. Introduction -- 2. Networks and industrial districts -- 3. Globalization, internationalization strategy and industrial districts -- 4. The textile-clothing industry in Europe : characterization and recent evolution -- 5. Methodology of analysis : an application to the Valencia...

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial organization of production : contesting themes -- 3. Shifts in policy : SSI sector to SME cluster -- 4. Horizontal expansion or fragmentation? : a tale of artisanal clusters -- 5. Foundries in Howrah : impediments in institutions and organizations -- 6. Garments...

1. Clusters and knowledge transfer into the Indonesian automotive industry -- 2. Theoretical framework on clusters -- 3. Production and knowledge transfer in Japanese automotive networks -- 4. Global and national environments : the macroeconomic context in Indonesia -- 5. Methodologies -- 6. The...