Beyond innovation hotspots : clusters for competitiveness and transformation in real regions / edited by Matthias Kiese (Professor of Human Geography (Urban and Regional Economics), Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum), Rasmus C. Beck (CEO, Duisburg Business and Innovation and Honorary Professor of Urban Transformation, EBZ Business School), Dirk Fornahl (Professor of Regional Economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany) and Christian Ketels (Senior Fellow, House of Governance, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kiese, Matthias, editor.

Beck, Rasmus C., editor.

Fornahl, Dirk, editor.

Christian, Ketels, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development economics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"This expertly edited book investigates the role of specific clusters and cluster policies for the competitiveness and development of regions facing stagnation and decline, or challenges of catching up or transforming their economic structures. Bringing together a team of skilled contributors, Beyond Innovation Hotspots demonstrates the importance of context-specific policy responses and effective institutional frameworks to enhance regional development. Chapters examine key case studies from Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany and Central Europe, to illustrate the complexity and diversity of challenges faced by different regions and the strategies used to address them. Particular attention is paid to the question of how clusters and cluster policies can help these regions to maintain or regain their competitiveness in the face of the twin changes of digitalisation and sustainability. Scholars and students of cluster policy research, economic geography, entrepreneurship, urban and regional economics, and technological change and innovation will find the book a crucial resource. It is also beneficial to regional policymakers and practitioners looking to design, implement and evaluate their own strategies. Additionally, local stakeholders in clusters can use the lessons in this book for the development of their own organisations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to beyond innovation hotspots / Matthias Kiese, Rasmus C. Beck, Dirk Fornahl and Christian Ketels

2. A typology of declining clusters in thin regions: Socioeconomic challenges and policy responses / Mads Bruun Ingstrup, Arnault Morisson and Heike Mayer

3. The digital transformation of financial services: Evolution and competitiveness of Bulgaria's emerging fintech cluster / Deyan Radev and Georgi Penev

4. Sleepy villages and hidden champions: Clusters and their interconnections in the black forest / Hansjörg Drewello and Nina Kulawik

5. Evolutionary processes of cluster policies in post-industrial regions: Implementing the smart specialisation strategy in the ruhr metropolis / Rasmus C. Beck, Dmitri Domanski and Julia Frohne

6. Participation and cooperation: A trade union perspective on structural policy for preventive transition / Jörg Weingarten

7. Optimising models for cluster organisations: Learnings from Denmark / Bolette van Ingen Bro and Merete Daniel Nielsen

8. A stakeholder-oriented approach to managing cluster relationships / Murat Akpinar

9. Two worlds apart? Motives, forms and results of science- industry collaboration in cluster organisations - evidence from the visegrad countries / Dominika Kuberska and Marta Mackiewicz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035315611 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.