| Local and Regional Systems of Innovation Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Mothe, John De La (Editor), Paquet, Gilles (Editor) |
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ISBN: 146137538X ISBN-13: 9781461375388 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Production & Operations Management |
| Dewey: 338.6 |
| Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.11 lbs) 342 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an era of intense globalization, the critical role of the region as a center for economic development has sometimes been overlooked. Moreover, innovation is increasingly being recognized as being a critical driver of economic growth and development. However, innovation is no longer being seen as a function of research and development; nor is R&D being seen as being sufficient for the creation of technology-intensive industries and the valuable economic spillovers that result in high value-added jobs and exports. Indeed, much more than ever before, it is the combination of factors that contributes to innovation - ranging over skills, finance, production, user-producer linkages, the capacity of organizations to learn, and multilayered government policies - that make local regions the favorites of fortune. Using an evolutionary economic perspective, and drawing on a range of disciplines and accomplished scholars, Local and Regional Systems of Innovation explores important issues at a conceptual, methodological and comparative level concerning how successful locations actually construct their comparative advantage. |