Introduction --; Research, Technology, Innovation: Analysis and Cases; The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth; Local Systems and Networks in the Globalisation Process; The Dynamics of High-Tech Clusters: Competition, Predation, Synergies; High-Technology Clusters: Specialisation and Interaction; New Science, New Industry and New Institutions? Second Thoughts on Innovation and Europe's Universities; EU Strategies for Research and Development; Aiming at the Barcelona Target: Best Practices and National Performances. The EASAC Perspective.
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Explains the importance of scientific research and technological innovation for industrial countries and in particular for the EU, in order to improve or to maintain economic leadership. This book starts with a historical and theoretical perspective on scientific-technological innovation and its importance for industrial growth.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- European Union countries.