Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

by International Workshop on Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition (2001 : Kiel Institute for World Economics)

• ISBN13: 9783540009993
• ISBN10: 354000999X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Empirical evidence about cluster building, the emphasis of new growth theory on innovation, the recent interest in economic geography and the high pressure on politicians to establish favourable conditions for attracting dynamic industries have triggered a wave of research during the last decade, trying to understand more deeply why, how and where clusters emerge, and what factors determine their respective success or failure. In this volume the world's leading experts contribute to our understanding of regional innovation, cluster formation and the factors influencing regional productivity and innovative performance. It provides a timely and comprehensive picture on innovation, location, networks and clusters as important means in an environment of intensifying interregional competition.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Geography and Innovation

Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places

Regional Innovation and Learning Systems,Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains

Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters

How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?

The Anatomy of Clusters

Regional Clusters

The Demography of Clusters

Drivers of Economic Growth

Identifying Agglomeration Economies: R. Baptista, Productivity and the Density of Regional Clusters

The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered

Skills and Clusters

The Role of Institutions

Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies

Unions, Innovation and Scale

Big Government in a Small World

Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations

Cluster-based Innovation Policies

Territorial Competition

New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach

Taking Regions Seriously

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