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Inhaltsverzeichnis
J. Bröcker, D. Dohse, R. Soltwedel, Introduction.- Part I: Geography and Innovation: D.B. Audretsch, Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places.- P. Cooke, Regional Innovation and Learning Systems,Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains.- R. Cappellin, Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters.- M. Fritsch, How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?- Part II: The Anatomy of Clusters: M.J. Enright, Regional Clusters.- C. van der Linde, The Demography of Clusters.- J. Guinet, Drivers of Economic Growth.- Part III: Identifying Agglomeration Economies: R. Baptista, Productivity and the Density of Regional Clusters.- J. Möller, A. Haas, The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered.- A. Ciccone, F. Cingano, Skills and Clusters.- Part IV:The Role of Institutions: P. Formica, Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies.- T.D. Rutherford, Unions, Innovation and Scale.- M.R.E. Brons, H.L.F. de Groot, P. Nijkamp, Big Government in a Small World.- R. Eichenberger, Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations.- Part V: Cluster-based Innovation Policies: P.C. Cheshire, Territorial Competition.- R. Sternberg, New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach.- D. Dohse, Taking Regions Seriously.
Autorenporträt
Inhaltsangabe1 Clusters and Competition as Engines of Innovation- An Introduction.- I: Geography and Innovation.- 2 Globalization, Innovation and the Strategic Management of Places.- 3 Regional Innovation and Learning Systems, Clusters, and Local and Global Value Chains.- 4 Networks and Technological Change in Regional Clusters.- 5 How and Why Does the Efficiency of Regional Innovation Systems Differ?.- II: The Anatomy of Clusters.- 6 Regional Clusters: What We Know and What We Should Know.- 7 The Demography of Clusters-Findings from the Cluster Meta-Study.- 8 Drivers of Economic Growth: The Role of Innovative Clusters.- III: Identifying Agglomeration Economies.- 9 Productivity and the Density of Regional Clusters.- 10 The Agglomeration Wage Differential Reconsidered: An Investigation Using German Micro Data 1984-1997.- 11 Skills and Clusters.- IV: The Role of Institutions.- 12 Corporate Governance of Cluster Development Agencies: The Case for Market Orientation.- 13 Unions, Innovation and Scale.- 14 Big Government in a Small World: The Effect of Public Expenditure on Economic Growth.- 15 Economic Innovations Depend on Political Innovations: On Deregulating the Political Process.- V: Cluster-based Innovation Policies.- 16 Territorial Competition: Lessons for (Innovation) Policy.- 17 New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach- What Can Technology Policies Achieve?.- 18 Taking Regions Seriously: Recent Innovations in German Technology Policy.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of Contributors.