Regional Knowledge Economies: Markets, Clusters and Innovation - Couverture souple

Cooke, Philip; De Laurentis, Carla; Tödtling, Franz; Trippl, Michaela

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848445245 ISBN 13 : 9781848445246

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

This original and timely book presents the most comprehensive, empirically based analysis of clustering dynamics in the high-technology sector across liberal and co-ordinated market economies.

By carefully exploring and comparing ICT and biotechnology in the UK and Austria, the authors find evidence that industry innovation characteristics can overcome some of the supposed constraints of such 'varieties of capitalism' and themselves usher in regulatory reforms. They also provide a first examination of the ways in which firms utilize knowledge spillovers in such settings. In addition, the book highlights the practices of 'free-riders' and the excess land rents that they and more collaborative firms endure as 'diseconomies of agglomeration'. Finally, arising from these findings, the authors present a new post-sectoral, post-cluster policy methodology called 'Innovative Platform Policy', which they believe is more attuned to the dynamics of the knowledge economy.

This book will be of great interest to academics, especially regional and industrial economists, economic geographers, regional scientists, political scientists and economic sociologists. It will also appeal to students and researchers, as well as government officials in industry, trade and economic development at national and regional levels.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Philip Cooke, formerly University Research Professor in Regional Development and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, Carla De Laurentis, University of the West of England, UK, Franz Tödtling, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität and Michaela Trippl, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria, formerly University of Agder, Norway

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848445245
• ISBN 13: 9781848445246
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible