Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth

Edited by Philip Cooke, formerly University Research Professor in Regional Development and Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, Bjorn 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 Toedtling, WU Wirtschaftsuniversitat, Austria

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth Philip Cooke, Bjorn Asheim, Ron Boschma, Ron Martin, Dafna Schwartz and Franz Toedtling PART I: REGIONAL INNOVATION THEORY Introduction Bjorn Asheim and Dafna Schwartz 2. Schumpeter and Regional Innovation Esben Sloth Andersen 3. Neo-Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation and Growth David Wolfe 4. Regional Agglomeration and Growth: The Classical Approach Eirik Vatne 5. Innovation, Product Life Cycle and Diffusion: Vernon and Beyond Gunther Tichy 6. Perspectives on Mature Marshallian Industrial Districts Marco Bellandi 7. The New Marshallian Districts and their Process of Internationalization Fiorenza Belussi PART II: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND GROWTH DYNAMICS Introduction Philip Cooke, Franz Toedtling and Dafna Schwartz 8. Innovation and Productivity: Local Competitiveness and the Role of Space Roberta Capello 9. Human Capital and Labour Mobility Determinants of Regional Innovation Daniel Felsenstein 10. The Geography of Knowledge Flows Stefano Breschi 11. Regional Innovation and Diversity Simona Iammarino 12. Networks of Innovation Elisa Giuliani 13. From Regional Anchors to Anchoring Lisa De Propris and Olivier Crevoisier PART III: REGIONAL INNOVATION AND EVOLUTION Introduction Ron Boschma and Ron Martin 14. Technological Relatedness, Related Variety and Economic Geography Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken 15. Regional Economies as Path-Dependent Systems: Some Issues and Implications Ron Martin 16. Absorptive Capacity in a Regional Context Maria Abreu 17. Regional Knowledge Networks Michael Steiner 18. Regional Competitiveness: From Endowments to Externalities to Evolution Ron Martin 19. Regional Cultural Economy: Evolution and Innovation Al James PART IV: AGGLOMERATION AND INNOVATION Introduction Philip Cooke and Bjorn Asheim 20. Proximity and Innovation Christophe Carrincazeaux and Marie Coris 21. The Changing Form and Geography of Social Capital Stuart Rosenfeld 22. Cluster Evolution Arne Isaksen 23. Transversality and Regional Innovation Platforms Philip Cooke 24. Technology Clusters Edward Malecki PART V: REGIONAL WORLDS OF INNOVATION Introduction Philip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 25. Worlds of Production: Conventions and the Microfoundations of Regional Economies Peter Sunley 26. Culture as a Source for Growth and Change: Some Evidences from Cultural Clusters in Andalusia Luciana Lazzeretti 27. Service Innovation Yuko Aoyama and Rory Horner 28. Regional Services Innovation Philip Cooke 29. Open Innovation and Regional Growth Peter Prud'homme van Reine 30. Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Innovation Philip Cooke and Dafna Schwartz 31. Innovation Systems in Emerging Economies: The Case of India Scott Ptak and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen 32. Green Innovation Philip Cooke PART VI: REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS Introduction Dafna Schwartz and Franz Toedtling 33. Regional Innovation Systems Franz Toedtling and Michaela Trippl 34. Intermediaries in Regional Innovation Systems: Role and Challenges for Policy Claire Nauwelaers 35. Regional Entrepreneurship Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Erik Stam 36. Venture Capital in Regional Innovation and Growth Jesper Lindgaard Christensen 37. Regional Entrepreneurship Development: Promoting Spin-offs through Coaching and Mentoring Magnus Klofsten and Staffan OEberg 38. Regional Innovation and Incubation: The Technological Incubators Programme for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel PART VII: REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY Introduction Philip Cooke and Ron Boschma 39. Regional Innovation Governance Martin Heidenreich and Knut Koschatzky 40. Learning Regions James Simmie 41. Regional Innovation Platforms Vesa Harmaakorpi, Tomi Tura and Helina Melkas 42. Regional Innovation Policy and Dramaturgy Philip Cooke 43. Design-Driven Regional Innovation Philip Cooke and Arne Eriksson 44. Regional Innovation Policy between