Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

• Contents:PrefacePART I: ENDOGENOUS REGIONAL GROWTH AND RELATED PROCESSES1. Endogenous Regional Growth and Development: Clusters, Agglomeration and EntrepreneurshipRoger R. Stough, Charlie Karlsson and Borje Johannson 2. Differentials in Endogenous Regional Employment Growth in US Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Other Leadership and Institutional FactorsRobert J. Stimson, Roger R. Stough, Tung-Kai Shyy and Chunpu Song 3. Agglomeration and Flows of Outward Direct Investment: An Analysis of Financial Services in the United KingdomGary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit4. Knowledge Sharing and Network Emergence in Small Firm Clusters: An Agent-Based Model of Industrial DistrictsLuca Iandoli, Elio Marchione, Cristina Ponsiglione and Giuseppe Zollo 5. Determinants of MNC Location Choice in Industrial Districts: An Empirical Analysis in ItalyNunzia Carbonara and Ilaria Giannoccaro 6. Entrepreneur Urban Policies and Regional Learning GovernanceKiyoshi Kobayashi, Masamitsu Onishi and Hayeong Jeong7. Side Activity Entrepreneur: Lifestyle or Economically Oriented?Mariana Markantoni, Sierdjan Koster and Dirk StrijkerPART II: CASE STUDIES8. The Geography of Rapid-Growth Firms: Exploring the Role and Location of Entrepreneurial VenturesJarle Bastesen and Eirik Vatne9. Regional E-Governance: Promoting Entrepreneurial Behavior in Public AdministrationIréne Bernhard and Elin Wihlborg10. Challenges and Success Factors in Media Cluster Development: A Review of Contemporary KnowledgeLeona Achtenhagen and Robert Picard11. Clusters and Conglomerates in the Media IndustryAgostino Manduchi and Lucia Naldi12. The Moving Media Industry as a Catalyst for Technological Change and Economic Development: Texas as a Case StudyBernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower13. Business Regulation and Red Tape in the Entrepreneurial EconomyKristina Nyström

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

• Contents:PrefacePART I: ENDOGENOUS REGIONAL GROWTH AND RELATED PROCESSES1. Endogenous Regional Growth and Development: Clusters, Agglomeration and EntrepreneurshipRoger R. Stough, Charlie Karlsson and Borje Johannson 2. Differentials in Endogenous Regional Employment Growth in US Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Other Leadership and Institutional FactorsRobert J. Stimson, Roger R. Stough, Tung-Kai Shyy and Chunpu Song 3. Agglomeration and Flows of Outward Direct Investment: An Analysis of Financial Services in the United KingdomGary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit4. Knowledge Sharing and Network Emergence in Small Firm Clusters: An Agent-Based Model of Industrial DistrictsLuca Iandoli, Elio Marchione, Cristina Ponsiglione and Giuseppe Zollo 5. Determinants of MNC Location Choice in Industrial Districts: An Empirical Analysis in ItalyNunzia Carbonara and Ilaria Giannoccaro 6. Entrepreneur Urban Policies and Regional Learning GovernanceKiyoshi Kobayashi, Masamitsu Onishi and Hayeong Jeong7. Side Activity Entrepreneur: Lifestyle or Economically Oriented?Mariana Markantoni, Sierdjan Koster and Dirk StrijkerPART II: CASE STUDIES8. The Geography of Rapid-Growth Firms: Exploring the Role and Location of Entrepreneurial VenturesJarle Bastesen and Eirik Vatne9. Regional E-Governance: Promoting Entrepreneurial Behavior in Public AdministrationIréne Bernhard and Elin Wihlborg10. Challenges and Success Factors in Media Cluster Development: A Review of Contemporary KnowledgeLeona Achtenhagen and Robert Picard11. Clusters and Conglomerates in the Media IndustryAgostino Manduchi and Lucia Naldi12. The Moving Media Industry as a Catalyst for Technological Change and Economic Development: Texas as a Case StudyBernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower13. Business Regulation and Red Tape in the Entrepreneurial EconomyKristina Nyström