Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness: Dynamic Regions in the Knowledge-Based World Economy

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This book investigates dynamic regions in the context of greater global interaction in a world economy increasingly driven by knowledge and innovation. It offers novel empirical evidence on the underlying factors of the growth performance of these spaces. In particular, the following questions are addressed: What role is there for research, education and innovation in the development strategies of the dynamic growth regions? What are the risks and consequences of dynamic growth on patterns of world growth and development, competitiveness, inequalities, and convergence? What development strategies should be promoted at national and international levels to promote a growing and more sustainable world economy? What are the implications of the emerging new competitors for Europe’s competitiveness? Using an innovative, integrated framework of analysis, the contributions in this book combine a wide array of complex theoretical and methodological approaches. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Knowledge-Based World Economy: Introduction....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Defining Knowledge-Driven Economic Dynamism in the World Economy: A Methodological Perspective....Pages 15-39 Explaining Knowledge-Based Economic Growth in the World Economy....Pages 41-59 Critical Success Factors for a Knowledge-Based Economy: An Empirical Study into Background Factors of Economic Dynamism....Pages 61-89 Knowledge Spillover Agents and Regional Development....Pages 91-111 Star Scientists as Drivers of the Development of Regions....Pages 113-134 The Determinants of Regional Educational Inequality in Western Europe....Pages 135-163 Innovation and Firms’ Productivity Growth in Slovenia: Sensitivity of Results to Sectoral Heterogeneity and to Estimation Method....Pages 165-193 Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities....Pages 195-217 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 A Knowledge: Learning-Based Perspective on Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise....Pages 221-234 Determinants of MNE Subsidiaries Decision to Set up Own R&D Laboratories: The Choice of Region....Pages 235-257 Multinational Enterprise and Subsidiaries’ Absorptive Capacity and Global Knowledge Sourcing....Pages 259-277 Front Matter....Pages 279-279 The Competitive Advantage and Catching-Up of Nations: A New Framework and the Role of FDI, Clusters and Public Policy....Pages 281-303 The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation and Growth: Theory and Empirical Evidence....Pages 305-341 European Competition and Industrial Policy: An Assessment and a New Framework....Pages 343-380