Universities, cities and regions : loci for knowledge and innovation creation / edited by Roberta Capello, Agnieszka Olechnicka and Grzegorz Gorzelak.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Capello, Roberta, 1962-

Gorzelak, Grzegorz.

Olechnicka, Agnieszka.

Series:

Studies in global competition ; v. 62.

Routledge studies in global competition ; 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Economic aspects.

Universities and colleges.

Regional economics.

Research--Economic aspects.

Research.

Diffusion of innovations.

Business and education.

Academic-industrial collaboration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product. Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops the ability to transform information and inventions into innovation and productivity increases, through cooperative or market interaction. Especially in contexts characterised by a plurality of agents - such as cities or industrial districts - knowledge is the result of cooperative learning processes, nourished by spatial proximity, network

Contents:

pt. 1. Universities : local/regional institutions of knowledge creation and innovation in national and international contexts

pt. 2. Universities, entrepreneurship and innovation-driven development

pt. 3. Academic footstep in the city.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-09714-9

1-283-87174-2

1-136-22132-8

9780203097144

OCLC:

823388804