Local and Regional Sytems of Innovation (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation) [Hardcover]

John de la Mothe (Editor), Gilles Paquet (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0792382870 | ISBN-13: 978-0792382874 | Publication Date: September 30, 1998 | Edition: 1st

In an era of intense globalization, the critical role of the region as a center for economic development has sometimes been overlooked. Moreover, innovation is increasingly being recognized as being a critical driver of economic growth and development. However, innovation is no longer being seen as a function of research and development; nor is R&D being seen as being sufficient for the creation of technology-intensive industries and the valuable economic spillovers that result in high value-added jobs and exports. Indeed, much more than ever before, it is the combination of factors that contributes to innovation - ranging over skills, finance, production, user-producer linkages, the capacity of organizations to learn, and multilayered government policies - that make local regions the favorites of fortune. Using an evolutionary economic perspective, and drawing on a range of disciplines and accomplished scholars, Local and Regional Systems of Innovation explores important issues at a conceptual, methodological and comparative level concerning how successful locations actually construct their comparative advantage.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (September 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792382870
• ISBN-13: 978-0792382874
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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