Edited by Philip Cooke, formerly University Research Professor in Regional Development and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, Bjørn Asheim, Professor, CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy) and Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Sweden and University of Agder, Norway, Ron Boschma, Professor, Department of Economic Geography and the Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Ron Martin, Professor of Economic Geography, Director of Research and Fellow of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, London, UK, Dafna Schwartz, Reichman University, Israel and Franz Tödtling, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität, Austria

• Contents:Preface1. Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Innovation and GrowthPhilip Cooke, Bjørn Asheim, Ron Boschma, Ron Martin, Dafna Schwartz and Franz TödtlingPART I: REGIONAL INNOVATION THEORYIntroductionBjørn Asheim and Dafna Schwartz2. Schumpeter and Regional Innovation Esben Sloth Andersen3. Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation and GrowthDavid Wolfe4. Regional Agglomeration and Growth: The Classical ApproachEirik Vatne5. Innovation, Product Life Cycle and Diffusion: Vernon and BeyondGunther Tichy6. Perspectives on Mature Marshallian Industrial DistrictsMarco Bellandi7. The New Marshallian Districts and their Process of InternationalizationFiorenza BelussiPART II: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND GROWTH DYNAMICSIntroductionPhilip Cooke, Franz Tödtling and Dafna Schwartz8. Innovation and Productivity: Local Competitiveness and the Role of SpaceRoberta Capello9. Human Capital and Labour Mobility Determinants of Regional Innovation Daniel Felsenstein 10. The Geography of Knowledge FlowsStefano Breschi11. Regional Innovation and DiversitySimona Iammarino12. Networks of InnovationElisa Giuliani 13. From Regional Anchors to AnchoringLisa De Propris and Olivier CrevoisierPART III: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND EVOLUTIONIntroductionRon Boschma and Ron Martin 14. Technological Relatedness, Related Variety and Economic GeographyRon Boschma and Koen Frenken 15. Regional Economies as Path-Dependent Systems: Some Issues and ImplicationsRon Martin16. Absorptive Capacity in a Regional ContextMaria Abreu17. Regional Knowledge NetworksMichael Steiner18. Regional Competitiveness: From Endowments to Externalities to EvolutionRon Martin19. Regional Cultural Economy: Evolution and InnovationAl JamesPART IV: AGGLOMERATION AND INNOVATIONIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Bjørn Asheim 20. Proximity and InnovationChristophe Carrincazeaux and Marie Coris21. The Changing Form and Geography of Social CapitalStuart Rosenfeld22. Cluster EvolutionArne Isaksen23. Transversality and Regional Innovation PlatformsPhilip Cooke24. Technology ClustersEdward MaleckiPART V: REGIONAL WORLDS OF INNOVATIONIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 25. Worlds of Production: Conventions and the Microfoundations of Regional EconomiesPeter Sunley26. Culture as a Source for Growth and Change: Some Evidences from Cultural Clusters in AndalusiaLuciana Lazzeretti27. Service InnovationYuko Aoyama and Rory Horner28. Regional Services InnovationPhilip Cooke29. Open Innovation and Regional GrowthPeter Prud’homme van Reine30. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional InnovationPhilip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 31. Innovation Systems in Emerging Economies: The Case of IndiaScott Ptak and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen32. Green InnovationPhilip CookePART VI: REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONSIntroductionDafna Schwartz and Franz Tödtling33. Regional Innovation SystemsFranz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl34. Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: Role and Challenges for PolicyClaire Nauwelaers35. Regional Entrepreneurship Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Erik Stam36. Venture Capital in Regional Innovation and GrowthJesper Lindgaard Christensen37. Regional Entrepreneurship Development: Promoting Spin-offs through Coaching and MentoringMagnus Klofsten and Staffan Öberg38. Regional Innovation and Incubation: The Technological Incubators Programme for Entrepreneurship and InnovationDaniel Shefer and Amnon FrenkelPART VII: REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICYIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Ron Boschma39. Regional Innovation GovernanceMartin Heidenreich and Knut Koschatzky 40. Learning RegionsJames Simmie41. Regional Innovation PlatformsVesa Harmaakorpi, Tomi Tura and Helinä Melkas 42. Regional Innovation Policy and DramaturgyPhilip Cooke43. Design-Driven Regional InnovationPhilip Cooke and Arne Eriksson44. Regional Innovation Policy between Theory and PracticeArnoud LagendijkIndex

Edited by Philip Cooke, formerly University Research Professor in Regional Development and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, Bjørn Asheim, Professor, CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy) and Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Sweden and University of Agder, Norway, Ron Boschma, Professor, Department of Economic Geography and the Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Ron Martin, Professor of Economic Geography, Director of Research and Fellow of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge, London, UK, Dafna Schwartz, Reichman University, Israel and Franz Tödtling, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität, Austria

• Contents:Preface1. Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Innovation and GrowthPhilip Cooke, Bjørn Asheim, Ron Boschma, Ron Martin, Dafna Schwartz and Franz TödtlingPART I: REGIONAL INNOVATION THEORYIntroductionBjørn Asheim and Dafna Schwartz2. Schumpeter and Regional Innovation Esben Sloth Andersen3. Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation and GrowthDavid Wolfe4. Regional Agglomeration and Growth: The Classical ApproachEirik Vatne5. Innovation, Product Life Cycle and Diffusion: Vernon and BeyondGunther Tichy6. Perspectives on Mature Marshallian Industrial DistrictsMarco Bellandi7. The New Marshallian Districts and their Process of InternationalizationFiorenza BelussiPART II: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND GROWTH DYNAMICSIntroductionPhilip Cooke, Franz Tödtling and Dafna Schwartz8. Innovation and Productivity: Local Competitiveness and the Role of SpaceRoberta Capello9. Human Capital and Labour Mobility Determinants of Regional Innovation Daniel Felsenstein 10. The Geography of Knowledge FlowsStefano Breschi11. Regional Innovation and DiversitySimona Iammarino12. Networks of InnovationElisa Giuliani 13. From Regional Anchors to AnchoringLisa De Propris and Olivier CrevoisierPART III: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND EVOLUTIONIntroductionRon Boschma and Ron Martin 14. Technological Relatedness, Related Variety and Economic GeographyRon Boschma and Koen Frenken 15. Regional Economies as Path-Dependent Systems: Some Issues and ImplicationsRon Martin16. Absorptive Capacity in a Regional ContextMaria Abreu17. Regional Knowledge NetworksMichael Steiner18. Regional Competitiveness: From Endowments to Externalities to EvolutionRon Martin19. Regional Cultural Economy: Evolution and InnovationAl JamesPART IV: AGGLOMERATION AND INNOVATIONIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Bjørn Asheim 20. Proximity and InnovationChristophe Carrincazeaux and Marie Coris21. The Changing Form and Geography of Social CapitalStuart Rosenfeld22. Cluster EvolutionArne Isaksen23. Transversality and Regional Innovation PlatformsPhilip Cooke24. Technology ClustersEdward MaleckiPART V: REGIONAL WORLDS OF INNOVATIONIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 25. Worlds of Production: Conventions and the Microfoundations of Regional EconomiesPeter Sunley26. Culture as a Source for Growth and Change: Some Evidences from Cultural Clusters in AndalusiaLuciana Lazzeretti27. Service InnovationYuko Aoyama and Rory Horner28. Regional Services InnovationPhilip Cooke29. Open Innovation and Regional GrowthPeter Prud’homme van Reine30. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional InnovationPhilip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 31. Innovation Systems in Emerging Economies: The Case of IndiaScott Ptak and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen32. Green InnovationPhilip CookePART VI: REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONSIntroductionDafna Schwartz and Franz Tödtling33. Regional Innovation SystemsFranz Tödtling and Michaela Trippl34. Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: Role and Challenges for PolicyClaire Nauwelaers35. Regional Entrepreneurship Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Erik Stam36. Venture Capital in Regional Innovation and GrowthJesper Lindgaard Christensen37. Regional Entrepreneurship Development: Promoting Spin-offs through Coaching and MentoringMagnus Klofsten and Staffan Öberg38. Regional Innovation and Incubation: The Technological Incubators Programme for Entrepreneurship and InnovationDaniel Shefer and Amnon FrenkelPART VII: REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICYIntroductionPhilip Cooke and Ron Boschma39. Regional Innovation GovernanceMartin Heidenreich and Knut Koschatzky 40. Learning RegionsJames Simmie41. Regional Innovation PlatformsVesa Harmaakorpi, Tomi Tura and Helinä Melkas 42. Regional Innovation Policy and DramaturgyPhilip Cooke43. Design-Driven Regional InnovationPhilip Cooke and Arne Eriksson44. Regional Innovation Policy between Theory and PracticeArnoud LagendijkIndex