Local and Regional Systems of Innovation

Mothe, John de la; Paquet, Gilles

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-11-05

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781461375388

ISBN-13: 9781461375388

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5551-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 342