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Local and Regional Systems of Innovation

By John de la Mothe , Gilles Paquet (auth.) , Gilles Paquet (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1998
ISBN
978-1-4613-7538-8, 978-1-4615-5551-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-5551-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10509433 bytes)
Series
Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation 14
Edition
1
Pages
342\348
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Economic Growth; Innovation/Technology Management;

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 ofInnovation explores important issues at a conceptual, methodological and comparative level concerning how successful locations actually construct their comparative advantage.

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