Regionalisation of globalised innovation : locations for advanced industrial development and disparities in participation / / edited by Ulrich Hilpert

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783827703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-60392-4; 1-134-60393-2; 0-429-23159-8; 1-280-05628-2; 0-203-42810-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 37
• Classificazione: 83.64
• Altri autori (Persone): HilpertUlrich <1951->
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Regional economics; Technological innovations - Economic aspects; Economic geography; Europe Economic conditions
• 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: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Globalisation and selective localisation of industry and innovation: the role of government in regionalising socio-economic development; Regionalisation and Islands of Innovation; Poly-centred innovation and governmental structures: Germany and France in comparison; Islands of Innovation in the UK economy: high technology, networking and public policy; Selective performance amid government failure: the complexities of the Italian regionalism in innovation; Islands of Innovation and clustering decisions of US high-tech firms: theory, evidence and patternsRestructuring old industrialised locations; Old and traditional industrial regions on the Archipelago Europe: governmental systems and regionalisation of innovation; Dynamics of growth and restructuring in the Pittsburgh metropolitan region; Liguria: a region in transition; Geographic periphery and advanced socio-economic development; Processes of peripherisation through ; international innovation systems: the role of European policies at disadvantaged locations; Competencies and opportunities: building an Island of Innovation apart from Europe's innovative centreRegionalisation and de-industrialisation in Eastern Europe's transition economies; Conclusions; How the regional factor comes in: new paths and conditions for industrial policies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines local 'Islands of Innovation' where research and industrial expertise are concentrated, along with areas where traditional industrial regions have passed through a process of innovative restructuring.