This paper proposes to review and assess social scientific debate about the origins and
nature of innovation in modern society. It focuses on three sub-sets of conceptualisation …

This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global
bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology …

International contributors provide the first examination of the growing subject of regional
knowledge-economy development. Illustrated by data and'stylized'accounts, the …

The aim of this paper is to compare the socio‐spatial patterns of innovation and knowledge
linkages of a biopharmaceutical and an agro‐food biotech cluster. Dissimilarities can be …

The life sciences is an industrial sector that covers the development of biological products
and the use of biological processes in the production of goods, services and energy. This …

Regional capabilities and knowledge domain theses are proposed. Global biotechnology
dynamics are analysed. Detailed research on Europe's leading bioeconomy, the UK, is …

As the economy has globalized, it has also regionalized, which has led to the integration of
different spaces across different scales. A number of theories contend that the endogenous …

In this paper, regional capabilities and knowledge domain theses are proposed and global
biotechnology dynamics are analysed. Detailed research on Europe's leading bioeconomy …

Pressed to secure competitiveness and employment in a globalizing economy, with firms
competing for markets around the globe, policy makers in OECD countries have become …

The loss of manufacturing employment to lower cost economies has meant that countries
like the UK have sought to promote innovation in areas such as biotechnology. The …