Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change
Zoltan J. Acs(Editor)
Thomson Learning (Publisher)
Published in December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-85567-443-1 (ISBN)
Description
Among the interesting developments of the 20th century has been the economic rise of such nations as Japan and Taiwan and the relative decline of Latin American countries, of the UK, and so on. In order to understand this ebb and flow, economists have begun to appreciate the evolutionary nature of socio-economic change, the important role that technological and research capabilities play in this dynamic, and the apparently paradoxical observation that globalization typically relies on local behaviour. An analytic lens has been developed by Lundvall, Freeman, Nelson and others, called "the national system of innovation". This approach recognizes both the highly creative nature of economic growth and economic adjustment in a turbulent world and the highly uneven or lumpy distribution of growth. This approach leads to an understanding that economic growth is not a "national" phenomenon, but a highly specific reaction to change: hence the rise of Silicon Valley. What is missing in the national systems approach is a mechanism through which to understand innovation when the realistic unit of analysis is no longer the nation state.
In this volume, some of the leading scholars in the field set out to broaden the systems of innovation approach conceptually and empirically, to include both subnational and transnational systems of innovation.
In this volume, some of the leading scholars in the field set out to broaden the systems of innovation approach conceptually and empirically, to include both subnational and transnational systems of innovation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cengage Learning EMEA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, references,
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85567-443-1 (9781855674431)
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Content
Part 1 The framework: national innovation systems, Richard R. Nelson; national innovation systems and instituted processes, John de la Mothe and Gilles Paquet; regional innovation - in search of an enabling strategy, Zoltan J. Acs, John de la Mothe and Gilles Paquet. Part 2 European Studies: business processes in regional and innovation systems in the European Union, Philip Cooke; innovation systems and "local difficulties" - the Oxfordshire experience, Helen Lawton Smith; university-industrial relationships in Germany and their regional consequences, Rolf Sternburg. Part 3 North American studies: regional networks and innovation in Silicon Valley and Route 128, AnnaLee Saxenian; universities in local innovation systems, Attila Varga; towards a conceptualization of super regional systems of innovation, Rebecca Morales. Part 4 Technology Management: sources of innovative environments - a technological evolution perspective, James M. Utterback and Allan N. Afuah; network models for technology-based growth, Edward J. Malecki; venture capital's role in regional innovative systems - historical perspective and recent evidence, Donald R. Smith and Richard Florida. Part 5 The city and the world: the learning region, Richard Florida; cities, information and "smart holes", Zoltan J. Acs and John de la Mothe.