Ebook: Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

Advances in Spatial Science

This series of books is dedicated to reporting on recent advances in spatial science. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilising theoretical frameworks, analytical methods, and empirical procedures specifically designed for spatial analysis. The series brings together innovative spatial research utilising concepts, perspectives, and methods with a relevance to both basic science and policy making. The aim is to present advances in spatial science to an informed readership in universities, research organisations, and policy-making institutions throughout the world.

The type of material considered for publication in the series includes:

- Monographs of theoretical and applied research in spatial science;

- State-of-the-art volumes in areas of basic research;

- Reports of innovative theories and methods in spatial science;

- Tightly edited reports form specially organised research seminars.

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for authors and editors that may be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Manuscripts considered for the series will be reviewed by independent experts to ensure their originality, scientific level, and international policy relevance.

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Advances in Spatial Science

This series of books is dedicated to reporting on recent advances in spatial science. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilising theoretical frameworks, analytical methods, and empirical procedures specifically designed for spatial analysis. The series brings together innovative spatial research utilising concepts, perspectives, and methods with a relevance to both basic science and policy making. The aim is to present advances in spatial science to an informed readership in universities, research organisations, and policy-making institutions throughout the world.

 

The type of material considered for publication in the series includes:

 

- Monographs of theoretical and applied research in spatial science;

- State-of-the-art volumes in areas of basic research;

- Reports of innovative theories and methods in spatial science;

- Tightly edited reports form specially organised research seminars.

 

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for authors and editors that may be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Manuscripts considered for the series will be reviewed by independent experts to ensure their originality, scientific level, and international policy relevance.

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Advances in Spatial Science

This series of books is dedicated to reporting on recent advances in spatial science. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilising theoretical frameworks, analytical methods, and empirical procedures specifically designed for spatial analysis. The series brings together innovative spatial research utilising concepts, perspectives, and methods with a relevance to both basic science and policy making. The aim is to present advances in spatial science to an informed readership in universities, research organisations, and policy-making institutions throughout the world.

 

The type of material considered for publication in the series includes:

 

- Monographs of theoretical and applied research in spatial science;

- State-of-the-art volumes in areas of basic research;

- Reports of innovative theories and methods in spatial science;

- Tightly edited reports form specially organised research seminars.

 

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for authors and editors that may be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Manuscripts considered for the series will be reviewed by independent experts to ensure their originality, scientific level, and international policy relevance.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Clusters and Competition as Engines of Innovation—An Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places....Pages 11-27
Regional Innovation and Learning Systems, Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains....Pages 28-51
Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters....Pages 52-78
How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?....Pages 79-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Regional Clusters: What We Know and What We Should Know....Pages 99-129
The Demography of Clusters—Findings from the Cluster Meta-Study....Pages 130-149
Drivers of Economic Growth: The Role of Innovative Clusters....Pages 150-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Productivity and the Density of Local Clusters....Pages 163-181
The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered: An Investigation Using German Micro Data 1984–1997....Pages 182-217
Skills and Clusters....Pages 218-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies: The Case for Market Orientation....Pages 241-271
Unions, Innovation and Scale....Pages 272-292
Big Government in a Small World: The Effect of Public Expenditure on Economic Growth....Pages 293-313
Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations: On Deregulating the Political Process....Pages 314-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Territorial Competition: Lessons for (Innovation) Policy....Pages 331-346
New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach—What Can Technology Policies Achieve?....Pages 347-371
Taking Regions Seriously: Recent Innovations in German Technology Policy....Pages 372-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-412

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Advances in Spatial Science

This series of books is dedicated to reporting on recent advances in spatial science. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilising theoretical frameworks, analytical methods, and empirical procedures specifically designed for spatial analysis. The series brings together innovative spatial research utilising concepts, perspectives, and methods with a relevance to both basic science and policy making. The aim is to present advances in spatial science to an informed readership in universities, research organisations, and policy-making institutions throughout the world.

 

The type of material considered for publication in the series includes:

 

- Monographs of theoretical and applied research in spatial science;

- State-of-the-art volumes in areas of basic research;

- Reports of innovative theories and methods in spatial science;

- Tightly edited reports form specially organised research seminars.

 

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for authors and editors that may be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Manuscripts considered for the series will be reviewed by independent experts to ensure their originality, scientific level, and international policy relevance.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Clusters and Competition as Engines of Innovation—An Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places....Pages 11-27
Regional Innovation and Learning Systems, Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains....Pages 28-51
Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters....Pages 52-78
How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?....Pages 79-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Regional Clusters: What We Know and What We Should Know....Pages 99-129
The Demography of Clusters—Findings from the Cluster Meta-Study....Pages 130-149
Drivers of Economic Growth: The Role of Innovative Clusters....Pages 150-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Productivity and the Density of Local Clusters....Pages 163-181
The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered: An Investigation Using German Micro Data 1984–1997....Pages 182-217
Skills and Clusters....Pages 218-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies: The Case for Market Orientation....Pages 241-271
Unions, Innovation and Scale....Pages 272-292
Big Government in a Small World: The Effect of Public Expenditure on Economic Growth....Pages 293-313
Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations: On Deregulating the Political Process....Pages 314-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Territorial Competition: Lessons for (Innovation) Policy....Pages 331-346
New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach—What Can Technology Policies Achieve?....Pages 347-371
Taking Regions Seriously: Recent Innovations in German Technology Policy....Pages 372-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-412
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