While processes of innovation are increasingly realised globally, they can also take a highly regionalised expression. In this book, the global networks that link regions are set against the local aspects of innovation. With contributions from international experts, this book examines local 'Islands of Innovation' where research and industrial expertise are concentrated, along with areas where traditional industrial regions have passed through a process of innovative restructuring.
Author(s): Ulrich Hilpert
Edition: 1st
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Introduction......Page 16
Globalisation and selective localisation of industry and innovation: the role of government in regionalising socio-economic development......Page 18
Regionalisation and Islands of Innovation......Page 44
Poly-centred innovation and governmental structures: Germany and France in comparison......Page 46
Islands of Innovation in the UK economy: high technology, networking and public policy......Page 68
Selective performance amid government failure: the complexities of the Italian regionalism in innovation......Page 88
Islands of Innovation and clustering decisions of US high-tech firms: theory, evidence and patterns......Page 109
Restructuring old industrialised locations......Page 130
Old and traditional industrial regions on the Archipelago Europe: governmental systems and regionalisation of innovation......Page 132
Dynamics of growth and restructuring in the Pittsburgh metropolitan region......Page 151
Liguria: a region in transition......Page 170
Geographic periphery and advanced socio-economic development......Page 188
Processes of peripherisation through international innovation systems: the role of European policies at disadvantaged locations......Page 190
Competencies and opportunities: building an Island of Innovation apart from Europe's innovative centre......Page 208
Regionalisation and de-industrialisation in Eastern Europe's transition economies......Page 226
Conclusions......Page 246
How the regional factor comes in: new paths and conditions for industrial policies......Page 248
Index......Page 261
