Drawing upon survey data from 436 firms, this paper explores the impact of co-operative ties
upon levels of innovation (both product and process) in five UK manufacturing industries …

Abstract Since the Industrial Revolution the cyclical processes of rise and fall of regional
economies have been accelerating. Many of the specific problems of the falling part of …

The cluster concept has become a popular guideline for regional policies fostering industrial
competitiveness and innovativeness based on sectoral specialization and collaboration …

The paper presents the results of an empirical study that aims to investigate the impact of
interfirm co-operation over innovation on four different types of innovation: product, process …

В книге исследованы особенности, проблемы и тенденции развития глобальной среды
генерации знаний в условиях постиндустриального общества, обобщен зарубежный и …

Despite much rhetoric concerning the implementation of sustainable development within
local and regional economic development strategies, very few concrete examples exist of …

This conceptual paper analyses why social capital is important for learning and economic
development, how it is created and its geography. It argues that with the rise of globalisation …

Universities are increasingly seen as potential contributors to regional innovative capacity
by serving as local knowledge conduits, bringing global state-of-the-art science and …

This paper examines the links developing between universities and their regions as
observed in the UK. It highlights interactions between public policy and institutional …

The German Federal Government has undertaken a series of particularly interesting policy
experiments in the field of technology policy in recent years, a major policy innovation being …