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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452900203321

Titolo

Universities, cities and regions : loci for knowledge and innovation creation / / edited by Roberta Capello, Agnieszka Olechnicka and Grzegorz Gorzelak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-09714-9

1-283-87174-2

1-136-22132-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in global competition ; ; 62

Altri autori (Persone)

CapelloRoberta <1962->

GorzelakGrzegorz

OlechnickaAgnieszka

Disciplina

338.4/3378

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Economic aspects

Universities and colleges - Economic aspects

Regional economics

Research - Economic aspects

Diffusion of innovations

Business and education

Academic-industrial collaboration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Universities : local/regional institutions of knowledge creation and innovation in national and international contexts -- pt. 2. Universities, entrepreneurship and innovation-driven development -- pt. 3. Academic footstep in the city.

Sommario/riassunto

Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product. Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops the ability to transform information and inventions into innovation and productivity increases, through cooperative or market interaction. Especially in contexts



characterised by a plurality of agents - such as cities or industrial districts - knowledge is the result of cooperative learning processes, nourished by spatial proximity, network