Handbook on the geographies of innovation / [edited by] Richard Shearmur, Christophe Carrincazeaux, David Doloreux.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shearmur, Richard G.

Carrincazeaux, Christophe.

Doloreux, David, 1972-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Diffusion of innovations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages) ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., c. 2016.

Summary:

The geography of innovation is changing. Firstly, it is increasingly understood that innovative firms and organizations exhibit a wide variety of strategies, each differently attuned to diverse geographic contexts. Secondly, and concomitantly, the idea that cities, clusters and physical proximity are essential for innovation is evolving under the weight of new theorizing and empirical evidence. The aim of this Handbook is to break with the many ideas and concepts that emerged during the course of the 1980s and 1990s, and to fully take into account the new reality of the internet, mobile communication technologies, personal mobility and globalization. The Handbook gathers a new generation of ideas and authors to contribute to the debate, providing an empirically grounded critical appraisal of the prevailing knowledge on the geography of innovation. The 28 original chapters, written by a diverse range of scholars with widely differing views, present fresh empirical evidence and new perspectives relating to how innovation plays out across space in an age where mobility has increased, information is ubiquitous and globalization has been realized. Overall, the dialogue between existing theory and new possibilities provides a unique and challenging appraisal of the connection between innovation, agglomeration and space. Offering cutting-edge ideas in an accessible format, this will be an ideal resource for students and scholars of economic geography and innovation studies. The empirical evidence and analysis will also be of great value for policymakers and government officials.

Contents:

Forward

Introduction

The geographies of innovations: beyond one-size-fits-all / Richard Shearmur, David Doloreux and Christophe Carrincazeaux

Part I theoretical approaches and concepts

1. Regional innovation, R&D and knowledge spillovers: the role played by geographical and non-geographical factors / Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés

2. Regional innovation systems: past - present - future / Björn T. Asheim, Markus Grillitsch and Michaela Trippl

3. Understanding and learning from an evolving geography of innovation / Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie

4. The cultural embeddedness of regional innovation: a Bourdieuian perspective / Ben Spigel

5. Proximity dynamics and the geography of innovation: diminishing returns or renewal? / Marie Ferru and Alain Rallet

Part II relatedness and knowledge bases

6. Relatedness and the geography of innovation / Pierre-Alexandre Balland

7. How do firms acquire knowledge in different sectoral and regional contexts? / Franz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl

8. Clusters initiatives, open innovation and knowledge bases / Heidi Wiig Aslesen and Arne Isaksen

Part III beyond agglomeration and clusters

9. Four commonly held beliefs about the geography of scientific activities / Michel Grossetti, Denis Eckert, Marion Maisonobe and Josselin Tallec

10. Putting the boot into creative cluster theory / Chris Gibson and Chris Brennan-Horley

11. Beyond networks in clusters / Franz Huber and Rune Dahl Fitjar

12. Suburban creativity and innovation / Alison Bain

13. Innovation in peripheral regions / Arne Isaksen and James Karlsen

Part IV cities, innovation and creativity

14. Innovation and creativity in city-regions / David A. Wolfe

15. Intelligent cities and the evolution towards technology-enhanced, global, and user-driven territorial systems of innovation / Nicos Komninos

16. Geography, skills and career patterns at the boundary of creativity and innovation: digital technology and creative arts graduates in the UK / Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian and Sarah Jewell

Part V innovation policy

17. Regional economic development: institutions, innovation, and policy / Neil Bradford and Allison Bramwell

18. Revisiting the role of policy in regional innovation systems / Elvira Uyarra and Kieron Flanagan

19. Evolution of regional innovation systems in China: insights from emerging indigenous innovation in Shenzhen / Chun Yang

20. Entrepreneurial regions in theory and policy practice / Helen Lawton Smith

Part VI transnational mobility and networks

21. The internet: its geography, growth and the creation of (digital) social capital / Emmanouil Tranos

22. The geography and structure of global innovation networks: global scope and regional embeddedness / Cristina Chaminade, Claudia De Fuentes, Gouya Harirchi and Monica Plechero

23. Migration and innovation: a survey of recent studies / Stefano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Claudia Noumedem Temgoua

24. The geography of innovation in multinational companies: internal distribution and external embeddedness / Jannika Mattes

Part VII local impacts of innovation

25. Growth with inequality? the local consequences of innovation and creativity / Neil Lee

26. Why local development and local innovation are not the same thing: the uneven geographic distribution of innovation-related development / Richard Shearmur

27. Cultural creation and social innovation as the basis for building a cohesive city / Juan-Luis Klein and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay.

Notes:

Contributors include: B.T. Asheim, H.W. Aslesen, A. Bain, P.-A. Balland, N. Bradford, A. Bramwell, C. Brennan-Horley, S. Breschi, C. Carraincazeaux, C. Chaminade, R. Comunian, C. De Fuentes, D. Doloreux, D. Eckert, A. Faggian, M. Ferru, R.D. Fitjar, K. Flanagan, C. Gibson, M. Grillitsch, M. Grossetti, G. Harirchi, F. Huber, A. Isaksen, S. Jewel, J. Karlsen, N. Komninos, J.-L. Klein, N. Lee, F. Lissoni, M. Maisonobe, J. Mattes, P. McCann, C.T. Noumedem, R. Ortega-Argilés, M. Plechero, A. Rallet, A. Rodriguez-Pose, R. Shearmur, H.L. Smith, B. Spigel, J. Tallec, E. Tranos, D.-G. Tremblay, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, C. Yang, C. Wilkie, D.A. Wolfe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781784710774 (e-book)

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