Local and Regional Systems of Innovation (Economics of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Vol 14)
Автор:John De LA Mothe, Gilles Paquet Год: [не указано] Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 0792382870 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 of Innovation explores important issues at...