Diversity, Innovation and Clusters

Edited by Iréne Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson ()

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Increased emphasis on the links between regional diversity and regional knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship highlights the need for a focus on the spatial aspects of these multifaceted, dynamic relationships in order to improve our understanding. By means of a conceptual approach, this timely book illustrates the links between innovation and economic development through the role of space. This thought-provoking book addresses the questions regarding diversity, innovation and clusters that require further investigation and analysis.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 9781789902570
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: diversity, innovation and clusters – spatial perspectives , pp 1-10

Iréne Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson

Ch 2 A high-tech trajectory in a commodity-dependent economy: modern biotechnology in Norway , pp 11-43

Terje Grønning

Ch 3 Tentative indices for regional economic development: an exploratory study using Swedish municipal data , pp 44-56

Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö

Ch 4 Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration , pp 57-80

Iréne Bernhard, Anna Karin Olsson and Ulrika Lundh Snis

Ch 5 Patent generation in US metropolitan areas , pp 81-101

Gordon F. Mulligan

Ch 6 Theorizing transformative innovations: the role of agency in real critical junctures , pp 102-124

Lilja Mósesdóttir and Ivar Jonsson

Ch 7 Exploring industrial PhD students and perceptions of their impact on firm innovation , pp 125-156

Karin Berg and Maureen McKelvey

Ch 8 Globalizing startups: business development organizations in the Bay Area , pp 157-185

David Bartlett and Tomasz Mroczkowski

Ch 9 As an element of the regional innovation cluster, the citizen/ non-profit sector fulfills the “seedbed function†of the new industry , pp 186-206

Masashi Imase

Ch 10 The factors in the establishment of the Shizuoka sake brewing cluster: regional human resources enabling open innovation , pp 207-229

Nobuyuki Kishida

Ch 11 The empirical study on the emergence and diffusion process of design-driven innovation initiated by knowledge creation: from the field study in the industrial cluster of the Sumida Ward, Tokyo , pp 230-258

Mutsumi Okuyama, Toshiyuki Yasui, Takashi Maneo and Kyosuke Sakakura

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