Ebook: Local and Regional Systems of Innovation

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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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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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages xiii-xiii
Local and Regional Systems of Innovation as Learning Socio-Economies....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Calibrating the Learning Region....Pages 19-28
Regional Systems of Innovation and The Blurred Firm....Pages 29-43
Modeling Regional Innovation and Competitiveness....Pages 45-79
Front Matter....Pages 80-80
Knowledge-Based Industrial Clustering: International Comparisons....Pages 81-110
Contrasting U.S. Metropolitan Systems of Innovation....Pages 111-124
Contrasting Regional Innovation Systems in Oxford and Cambridge....Pages 125-148
Telecoms in New Jersey: Spatial Determinants of Sectoral Investments....Pages 149-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Innovation in Enterprises in British Columbia....Pages 173-190
How do Small Firms Innovate in British Columbia?....Pages 191-209
The Dynamics of Regional Innovation in Ontario....Pages 211-238
12 Canada’s Technology Triangle....Pages 239-255
13 The Chaudi?re-Appalaches System of Industrial Innovations....Pages 257-276
14 Saint John, Nb. as an Emerging Local System of Innovation....Pages 277-302
Canadian Science Parks, Universities, and Regional Development....Pages 303-324
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Some Lessons and Challenges for Model Builders, Data Gatherers and Other Tribes....Pages 327-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-342

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages xiii-xiii
Local and Regional Systems of Innovation as Learning Socio-Economies....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Calibrating the Learning Region....Pages 19-28
Regional Systems of Innovation and The Blurred Firm....Pages 29-43
Modeling Regional Innovation and Competitiveness....Pages 45-79
Front Matter....Pages 80-80
Knowledge-Based Industrial Clustering: International Comparisons....Pages 81-110
Contrasting U.S. Metropolitan Systems of Innovation....Pages 111-124
Contrasting Regional Innovation Systems in Oxford and Cambridge....Pages 125-148
Telecoms in New Jersey: Spatial Determinants of Sectoral Investments....Pages 149-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Innovation in Enterprises in British Columbia....Pages 173-190
How do Small Firms Innovate in British Columbia?....Pages 191-209
The Dynamics of Regional Innovation in Ontario....Pages 211-238
12 Canada’s Technology Triangle....Pages 239-255
13 The Chaudi?re-Appalaches System of Industrial Innovations....Pages 257-276
14 Saint John, Nb. as an Emerging Local System of Innovation....Pages 277-302
Canadian Science Parks, Universities, and Regional Development....Pages 303-324
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Some Lessons and Challenges for Model Builders, Data Gatherers and Other Tribes....Pages 327-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-342
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