Introduction: diversity, innovation and clusters – spatial perspectives

Iréne Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson ()

Chapter 1 in Diversity, Innovation and Clusters, 2020, pp 1-10 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Regions are increasingly considered to be the areas driving economic development in the global economy. More and more researchers emphasize the link between, on the one hand, re_gional diversity and, on the other, regional knowledge, innovation and entrepreneur_ship. Research demonstrates that to increase the understanding of the multi_faceted dynamic relationships between diversity, innovation and clusters, there is a strong need to further focus on and investigate the spatial perspectives of these rela_tionships. Such investigations include identification and empirical testing of the mechanisms that may explain possible causal relationships. This is necessary from a scientific point of view, but also from the need to provide policy makers with a more comprehensive decision-making basis, since the spatial perspectives are crucial in understanding what drives economic development. By discussing these factors in this introductory chapter, we create a background and a foundation for the rest of the chapters in this edited volume.

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