In recent years industrial change has had a marked regional dimension. Areas with a concentration of traditional industries have gone into sharp decline, whilst those which accommodate high tech industries have prospered. This pattern, which has been repeated throughout the developed world, has marked economic, social and political implications. Policy-makers are faced with the problem of creating the conditions within which innovative industries can flourish in areas which have been host to very different sorts of industry. But how do you legislate for innovation? This book looks at one key approach, that of decentralization. Different localities clearly require different solutions and by making decisions at a local level more appropriate strategies are likely to be found. The development of technology and science parks is seen as a key phenomenon and the relationship between research in small and large firms, and in the academic world, is outlined. Throughout, the approach is strongly comparative as the book considers the successes and failures of different approaches and tries to evaluate what role different levels of government should have.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-415-03865-2 (9780415038652)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part I: Introduction and General Perspectives: Opportunities for Regional Industrial Modernisation and Limits of Regional Government Policies 1. Regional Policy in the Process of Industrial Modernisation. Decentralisation by Regionalisation of High Tech? Ulrich Hilpert 2. Space and Modernity. On the Regionalisation of Innovation Management Wolfgang Fach and Edgar Grande Part II: Industrial Innovation and Regional Development: Can Regional Policy Regionalise High Tech? 3. Innovation, Politics and Regional Development - Technology Parks and Regional Participation in High Tech in France and West Germany Ulrich Hilpert and Bernard Ruffieux 4. Science Parks and Local Innovation Policies in Italy Mariella Berra and Piero Gastaldo 5. Science Parks, Academic Research and Economic Regeneration - Bradford and Massachusetts in Comparison Anthony Jowitt 6. Science/Technology Parks and Regional Development: Prospects for the United States Harvey A. Goldstein and Michael I. Luger Part III: Regional Governments and Innovation Policies: Decentralisation of Industrial Modernisation? 7. Regional Technology Policy: A New Role for the American States Jurgen Schmandt 8. How to keep Mature Industries Innovative Charles F. Sabel, Gary Herrigel, Richard Kazis and Richard Degg 9. Politics of Decentralisation and Industrial Modernisation - France and West Germany in Comparison Wolfgang Neumann 10. Building the Japanese Techno-State: The Regionalisation of Japanese High Tech Industrial Policies Sheridan Tatsuno Part IV: Initial Conditions of Regions and New Tech: new Conditions for Regional Economic and Employment Policies? 11. Regional Development and the Geography of the Flexible Production System. Theoretical Arguments and Empirical Evidence Frank Moulaert and Erik Swyngedouw 12. Trends of Decentralisation of White Collar Activities by Means of Information and Communication Technologies Rolf Kreibich 13. New Tech and New Jobs in Peripheral Regions? New Tendencies in Spatial Patterns Dieter Lepple Part V: Conclusions 14. The Optimization of Political Approaches for Innovation - Some Comparative Conclusions on Trends for Regionalisation Ulrich Hilpert.
