Regional innovation, knowledge, and global change / edited by Zoltan J. Acs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ács, Zoltán J.

Series:

Science, technology, and the international political economy series

Science, technology, and the international political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Regional economics.

Competition.

Physical Description:

vi, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pinter, 2000.

Summary:

The process of globalization is shaped and reinforced by a rapidly changing knowledge environment. As economies become less constrained by national frontiers they become more geographically specialized. Thus, important elements of the innovation process tend to become regional rather than national. In this new environment, large corporations are weakening their links with their home country, spreading their innovation activities to source different regional systems of innovation. Regional networks of firms are creating new forms of learning and production.

The aim of this book is to broaden, both conceptually and empirically, the 'national systems of innovation' approach, developed by Lundvall, Freeman, Nelson and others. While recognizing the creative nature of economic adjustment in a turbulent world and the highly uneven distribution of economic growth, the national systems approach lacks a mechanism by which to understand innovation when the realistic unit of analysis is no longer the nation state.

Contents:

Part I The Framework

2. National Innovation Systems / Richard R. Nelson 11

3. National Innovation Systems and Instituted Processes / John de la Mothe, Gilles Paquet 27

4. Regional Innovation: In Search of an Enabling Strategy / Zoltan J. Acs, John de la Mothe, Gilles Paquet 37

Part II European Studies

5. Business Processes in Regional Innovation Systems in the European Union / Philip Cooke 53

6. Innovation Systems and 'Local Difficulties': The Oxfordshire Experience / Helen Lawton Smith 72

7. University-Industry Relationships in Germany and Their Regional Consequences / Rolf Sternberg 89

Part III North American Studies

8. Regional Networks and Innovation in Silicon Valley and Route 128 / AnnaLee Saxenian 123

9. Universities in Local Innovation Systems / Attila Varga 139

10. Towards a Conceptualization of Super-regional Systems of Innovation / Rebecca Morales 153

Part IV Regional Innovation Management

11. Sources of Innovative Environments: A Technological Evolution Perspective / James M. Utterback, Allan N. Afuah 169

12. Network Models for Technology-Based Growth / Edward J. Malecki 187

13. Venture Capital's Role in Regional Innovation Systems: Historical Perspective and Recent Evidence / Donald F. Smith, Jr, Richard Florida 205

Part V The City and the World

14. The Learning Region / Richard Florida 231

15. Cities, Information and 'Smart Holes' / Zoltan J. Acs, John de la Mothe 240.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-266) and indexes.

ISBN:

1855674424

1855674432

OCLC:

41439726