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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136125703321

Autore

Birch Kean

Titolo

Innovation, regional development and the life sciences : beyond clusters / / Kean Birch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-75099-6

1-317-61382-1

1-317-61381-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Regions and cities ; ; 105

Disciplina

338.4/76606

338.476606

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Regional planning

Life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : knowledge economies everywhere! -- 2. Innovation, clusters and knowledge-based commodity chains -- 3. Innovation geographies in the UK life sciences -- 4. Innovation governance in the Scottish life sciences -- 5. Innovation imaginaries in the European life sciences -- 6. Innovation financing in the global life sciences -- 7. Conclusion : innovation and regional development for whom?

Sommario/riassunto

The life sciences is an industrial sector that covers the development of biological products and the use of biological processes in the production of goods, services and energy. This sector is frequently presented as a major opportunity for policy-makers to upgrade and renew regional economies, leading to social and economic development through support for high-tech innovation. Innovation, Regional Development and the Life Sciences analyses where innovation happens in the life sciences, why it happens in those places, and what this means for regional development policies and strategies.