There is a rich debate in the innovation literature about to what extent innovation has become an international (or globalised) phenomenon, or, on the contrary, it maintains its local/regional character. As Koschatzky (2001) notes, given the fact that knowledge is commonly tied to personal...

The objective of this paper is to examine the spatial distribution of knowledge-intensive services (KISs) and its relation with innovation in 194 European regions. The methodology applied is known as spatial analysis and evaluates whether there are clusters of KIS. In addition, by employing a...

This Handbook brings together 49 international specialists to address an issue of increasing importance for the world’s post-industrial economies; innovation as it relates to services.