locations for advanced industrial development and disparities in participation /
edited by Ulrich Hilpert.
New York :
Routledge,
2003.
1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Globalisation and selective localisation of industry and innovation: the role of government in regionalising socio-economic development; Regionalisation and Islands of Innovation; Poly-centred innovation and governmental structures: Germany and France in comparison; Islands of Innovation in the UK economy: high technology, networking and public policy; Selective performance amid government failure: the complexities of the Italian regionalism in innovation
Competencies and opportunities: building an Island of Innovation apart from Europe's innovative centreRegionalisation and de-industrialisation in Eastern Europe's transition economies; Conclusions; How the regional factor comes in: new paths and conditions for industrial policies; Index
Islands of Innovation and clustering decisions of US high-tech firms: theory, evidence and patternsRestructuring old industrialised locations; Old and traditional industrial regions on the Archipelago Europe: governmental systems and regionalisation of innovation; Dynamics of growth and restructuring in the Pittsburgh metropolitan region; Liguria: a region in transition; Geographic periphery and advanced socio-economic development; Processes of peripherisation through international innovation systems: the role of European policies at disadvantaged locations
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This book examines local 'Islands of Innovation' where research and industrial expertise are concentrated, along with areas where traditional industrial regions have passed through a process of innovative restructuring.
Regionalisation of globalised innovation.
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Regionalization of globalized innovation
Economic geography.
Regional economics.
Technological innovations-- Economic aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
Economic geography.
Economic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.