Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies
Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies

Author: M. Davide Parrilli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1317370236

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In the global economy, regional development and innovation are increasingly an imperative to increase the competitive edge of EU economies. While European regions are different in many ways, the innovation capacity of regions, clusters and firms is what makes them capable of building up new and diversified pathways for sustainable growth. For this reason, Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support) that influence the innovative and competitive capacity of regions, clusters and firms in Europe. The aim of this volume is to develop an in-depth understanding of these drivers and their implications for the way in which regional and cluster growth may be upgraded. Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies examines the construction of new innovation pathways for regions and clusters in different geographical contexts. The main themes are cluster evolution, regional innovation systems and business innovation modes and capabilities. The objectives are centred on exploring the logic and mechanisms that can be activated as a means to promote innovation and competitiveness within regions and, within these, across and within firms. Aimed at researchers and academics in the field, this is a thoughtful and innovative new volume that helps define the academic debate.

Regional Innovation Strategies
Regional Innovation Strategies

Author: Kevin Morgan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06-02

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1134995997

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Regional Innovation Strategies offers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old industrialised areas and in regions where development is slow, and compares this with US and Canadian experiences. Anticipating the enlargement of the EU, Regional Innovation Strategies also assesses the growing interest in the subject within policy, academic and practitioner circles in Central and Eastern European countries. This book aims to provide information on the new regional innovation polices and gives the first assessment of this promising pool of regional experiences.

Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies
Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies

Author: M. Davide Parrilli

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1317370244

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In the global economy, regional development and innovation are increasingly an imperative to increase the competitive edge of EU economies. While European regions are different in many ways, the innovation capacity of regions, clusters and firms is what makes them capable of building up new and diversified pathways for sustainable growth. For this reason, Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support) that influence the innovative and competitive capacity of regions, clusters and firms in Europe. The aim of this volume is to develop an in-depth understanding of these drivers and their implications for the way in which regional and cluster growth may be upgraded. Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies examines the construction of new innovation pathways for regions and clusters in different geographical contexts. The main themes are cluster evolution, regional innovation systems and business innovation modes and capabilities. The objectives are centred on exploring the logic and mechanisms that can be activated as a means to promote innovation and competitiveness within regions and, within these, across and within firms. Aimed at researchers and academics in the field, this is a thoughtful and innovative new volume that helps define the academic debate.

Drivers of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Dynamics
Drivers of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Dynamics

Author: Karima Kourtit

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-06-10

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 3642179401

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The need for informed and effective insights into key concepts and models of regional development and growth, from an endogenous growth perspective, has risen over the past decade. These recent advances address in particular local and regional assets and characteristics comprising inter alia creativity, knowledge, innovation forces and entrepreneurship. Access to and exploitation of these modern forms of human and social capital are of paramount importance for the dynamic regional economic environment in a city or region. This volume offers an overview and critical treatment of the spatial-economic roots, opportunities and impacts of new growth strategies, mainly from an evidence-based perspective. In the various contributions to this volume, relevant findings and strategic options are interpreted and discussed from both an analytical and a policy perspective to help cultivate creativity, human capital development and innovation as well as entrepreneurial activity, with a view to exploit the drivers of economic development, in order to strengthen the competitive edge of cities and regions.

Regional Innovation Strategies
Regional Innovation Strategies

Author: Kevin Morgan

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781853026997

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This text offers a comprehensive analysis of the late-1900s wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. The text draws conclusions from the Regional Technology and Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe and compares them with US and Canadian experiences.

Regional Innovation Strategies in a Cross-border Environment
Regional Innovation Strategies in a Cross-border Environment

Author: Oto Hudec

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Innovations are considered to discover new solutions to exploit novelty in the technological, but in social and economic fields as well. It means, the concept of innovations is true also for a sustainable development. The sustainability of the regional strategies is studied at the background of the regionalisation of the governance system. Particularly, the regions of Eastern Slovakia and Northern Hungary, both having a tradition of heavy industry, are studied in their cross-border innovation and sustainability context. The realization of the joined regional innovation strategy represents a unique opportunity to test and implement the RIS process in a cross-border environment. The main priority, renewable energy sources, results from the historical heavy industry path, the cross-border clusters and especially in. The path dependence concept is applied to two border regions is studied on the background of historical and economic transformation along the axes: - from centrally planned economy to market economy - from sectoral orientation of economy to regionalized economy - from industrial economy to knowledge-based economy and services - from environmentally harmful production to renewable energy sources sector - from vertical organization and administration to horizontal partnerships and clustering - from regional production to regional innovations - from national governance to multi-level and cross-border regional governance

Case Studies in Innovation for Researchers, Teachers and Students
Case Studies in Innovation for Researchers, Teachers and Students

Author: Heather Fulford

Publisher: Academic Conferences Limited

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1908272376

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Many would say that innovation is a major driving force in our economy but they would be wrong. Innovation has driven life on earth for about 4 billion years. Thus there is no reason to wonder why it is so very important in all aspects of our lives. As academics we are interested in studying innovation from many different perspectives. But the subject is not only of interest to academics. Both industry and government can obtain distinct advantage from innovation. There is also the public services sector and the NGOs as well. It is essential to remember that innovation is not a solitary activity: it is intensely based on relationships which are a key to its success. Heather Fulford is a leading authority on innovation and she has selected 10 important pieces of research which she believes will be of use to all interested readers. The ten cases and research studies presented in this volume serve to illustrate the reach and scope of innovation. Readers, researchers, teachers and students will find this book very rewarding.

Advanced Introduction to Regional Innovation Systems
Advanced Introduction to Regional Innovation Systems

Author: Bjørn T. Asheim

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 178536197X

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Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation in space as well as for developing policies geared towards boosting the innovation capability of regional economies. This Advanced Introduction provides a critical review and discussion of research on RIS to answer a set of core questions covering the origins of the concept and its theoretical underpinnings to the challenges for future scholarly work on RIS.