Knowledge, innovation and space
This volume extends our understanding of the many different ways in which distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, na...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
2014
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| Series: | New horizons in regional science
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This volume extends our understanding of the many different ways in which distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, national, regional and local dynamics of knowledge and innovation. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process, which can then transform it into an economically useful output such as a prototype, patent, licence or new firm. New knowledge is often tacit and thus tends to be highly localized, as indeed is the conversion process. Consequently, as the book demonstrates, space or distance matter significantly in the transformation of raw knowledge into beneficial knowledge. This innovative book will appeal to academics, students and researchers in the fields of regional science, economics, sociology and innovation. It will also be of interest to policymakers and consultants in international organizations, in particular those dealing with entrepreneurship, development, R&D policies and regional policies on different spatial scales 1. Knowledge and innovation in space : introduction / Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson, Roger R. Stough -- 2. Growth of new firms and spatially bounded knowledge : urban and regional externalities / Otto Raspe and Frank Orte -- 3. Accessibility to R&D : a reexamination of the consequences for invention and innovation / Olaf Ejermo and Urban Grasjo -- 4. Imports and regional development / Martin Anderson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- 5. The influence of knowledge in firms' export decisions / Sara Johansson -- 6. Knowledge and skill for infrastructure technology / Seiki Ochi, Takayuki Ueda and Muneta Yokomatsu -- 7. Business service location with spatially stochastic demands : agglomeration economies generated by the intersection of costs and localized uncertain demand / Mokoto Okumura and Makoto Sukai -- 8. Regional learning and trust formation / Tsuyoshi Hatori, Hayeong Jeong and Kiyoushi Kobayashi -- 9. Cluster development policy as a tool in regional development and competitiveness policy : theoretical concepts and empirical evidence / Andreas Cornett -- 10. Returns to higher education : a regional perspective / Mikaela Backman and Lina Bjerke -- 11. Universities, science and engineering labor markets in high technology local environments : cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire / Rupert Wasters and Helen Lawton-Smith -- 12. University colleges' effect on economic growth in Swedish middle-sized municipalities / Tobias Arvemo and Urban Grasjo |
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| Physical Description: | 336 p |
| ISBN: | 9781848449015 9781783475988 |