| Understanding Innovation in Emerging Economic Spaces: Global and Local Actors, Networks and Embeddedness Contributor(s): Micek, Grzegorz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138547247 ISBN-13: 9781138547247 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.064 |
| Series: Dynamics of Economic Space |
| Physical Information: 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A small number of countries, regions, cities, and localities are powerful gatekeepers and generate the bulk of creative and innovative ideas, while the majority is largely excluded. This book looks at neglected, but emerging innovation centres analysed from various spatial and organizational perspectives; ranging from entire countries and regions to individual firms and small neighbourhoods. Bringing together leading scholars from various disciplines, it examines a variety of economic sectors including biotechnology, agrotourism, and the food retail industry. The authors employ various, often contradictory, concepts, ranging from local buzz and the global pipeline, through an analysis of collective learning processes to geographical embeddedness, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The purpose of the book is twofold: investigating changes occurring in the regions and cities under transformation and attempting to find common and unique mechanisms behind these changes. Consequently, the authors shed light on the scale and scope of the innovativeness of selected economic and social processes. |
