Knowledge, Innovation and Internationalisation

Introduction P. Morone PART I: KNOWLEDGE 1. Knowledge and Innovation in social networks: an assessment of industrial clusters' literature E. Giuliani and X. F. Molina Morales 2. Friends and Rivals: modelling the social relations of inventors L. Cassi and L. Zirulia 3. Knowledge and innovative entrepreneurship - social capital and individual capacities U. Cantner and M. Stuetzer 4. Agglomeration economies, forward linkages and regional specialisation in business services in the EU27 V. Meliciani and M. Savona PART II: INNOVATION 5. Technological Competences and Regional Innovation Networks: Measurement and Visualization with Patent Data A. Pyka, B. Ebersberger and D. Hartmann 6. Implementation Cycles and the New Economy in Retrospect P. Scaramozzino, J. Temple and N. Vulkan 7. The impact of technological change on employment and skills: theory and empirical evidence M. Vivarelli and M. Piva 8. Design and Evaluation of Fiscal Incentives for Business Innovation in Latin America: Lessons Learned and Future Developments G. A. Crespi PART III: INTERNATIONALIZATION 9. Trade policy and Internationalisation D. Salvatore 10. Models of speculative attacks and crashes in international capital markets G. Marini and G. Piersanti 11. Firms Internationalization, innovation strategies and product quality P. Morone and F. Renna 12. Do Foreign Ownership and Technological Environment Affect Firm Survival? Evidence on Italian Manufacturing and Services Firms F. Reganati, A. Ferragina and R. Pittiglio