In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable
knowledge economies at the same time as more and more economies have entered the road to
economic development. Typical for the developments during this time has been substantially
increased investments in research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge and
new technologies and increased investments in diffusing existing knowledge by means of
education and thereby raising the volume of human capital.
However, many member states and regions within the EU are struggling with their
economic development.
This book explores the uneven patterns of development within the EU,
discusses the relative effect of investments on innovation and productivity growth and
looks at the mechanisms involved in economic development and policy.
Charlie Karlsson
is Professor of the Economics of Technological Change at
Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.
Börje Johansson is Professor of Economics at Jönköping
International Business School, Sweden.
Roger R. Stough is NOVA Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy
at George Mason University,USA.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough
2. Three Stories about National Systems of Innovation Alina Lidén
3. Innovation, Productivity and Export: Evidence from Italy Roberto
Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli
4. Profiting from the Breakthrough: Technology Commercialisation in the Global
Age Samantha Sharpe
5. Innovation and Regional Disparities: A Survey of Regional Growth Drivers and
Economic Performance Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sorensen
6. Knowledge Integration and Network Structure: Modelling Innovation Activity
Piergiuseppe Morone and Richard Taylor
7. Proximity, Innovation and Success within Free/Libre Open Source Software
Development Project Nicola Bellantuono, Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo and Barbara Scozzi
8. Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Medium Technology Clusters Riccardo
Cappelin
9. Invention, Innovation and Regional Growth in Swedish Regions Olof
Ejermo and Urban Grasjö
10. Intengible Assets and MNEs' Locational Strategies for Innovation - Or, Why
the Regional Matters: Empirical Insights from Germany and the UK Jan-Philipp
Kramer, Javier Revilla Diez, Elisabetta Marinelli and Simona Iammarino
11. High-Technology and Regionis in a Era of Open Innovation Darrene
Hackler
12. Regional Innovation, Growth and Convergence - Divergence Patterns in the EU
George Petrakos and George Anastasiou
13. A Social Capital Approach to Regional Transformation Marina
Jogmark
14. A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on the Role of Social Capital in Innovation
Soogwan Doh
15. The Potential of Place: Using Location to Attract Global Talent Kathrine
Richardson, Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick
364 pages, Hardcover