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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461809303321

Autore

Cooke Philip (Philip N.)

Titolo

Complex adaptive innovation systems : relatedness and transversality in the evolving region / / Philip Cooke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-138-79213-6

1-136-45726-7

0-203-12661-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Regions and cities ; ; 55

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Regional planning

Space in economics

Supply and demand

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 (p. [237]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : co-evolution, complexity and emergence in regional innovation systems -- What went wrong with the vertical process and policy perspective? -- What is transversality? -- The co-evoluttionary origins of transversatlity -- Transversality and transition in innovation and eco-innovation : towards complex adaptive systems analysis -- Transition regions and eco-innovations : studies in complexity -- Resilience, relatedness & complexity geography : strange attractors in regional innovation -- Complexity, relatedness and transverslity : empirical evidence of regional innovation platform policies -- Complexity, variety and the emergent properties of regional innovation strategy.

Sommario/riassunto

Leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and onwards, the shortcomings of traditional models of regional economic and environmental development had become increasingly evident. Rooted in the idea that 'policy' is an encumbrance to free markets, the stress on supply-side smoothing measures such as clusters and an over reliance on venture capital, the inadequacy of existing orthodoxies has come to be replaced by the notion of Transversality.This approach has



three strong characteristics that differentiate it from its failing predecessor. First, as the name implies, it