Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth

Editor(s): Philip McCann, Les Oxley

Published Online: 1 NOV 2012 03:46AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781118427286

Online ISBN: 9781118427248

DOI: 10.1002/9781118427248

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Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth. Expert contributions provide a thorough roadmap of the developments in research at the interface of these themes.

  • A timely and accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth
  • A highly comprehensive roadmap of the range of issues addressed by research in these areas
  • Discusses the most profitable ways forward for enhancing our understanding of arising issues
  • Contributions from leading experts in the field take a variety of theoretical, empirical and institutional angles

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–vii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth (pages 1–4)

      Philip McCann and Les Oxley

    3. Chapter 2

      Theories of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and the Business Cycle (pages 5–24)

      Simon C. Parker

    4. Chapter 3

      The Transatlantic Productivity Gap: A Survey of the Main Causes (pages 25–51)

      Raquel Ortega-Argilés

    5. Chapter 4

      A Survey of the Innovation Surveys (pages 53–78)

      Shangqin Hong, Les Oxley and Philip McCann

    6. Chapter 5

      Knowledge Dynamics, Structural Change and the Geography of Business Services (pages 79–103)

      Tommaso Ciarli, Valentina Meliciani and Maria Savona

    7. Chapter 6

      Multilevel Approaches and the Firm-Agglomeration Ambiguity in Economic Growth Studies (pages 105–129)

      Frank G. van Oort, Martijn J. Burger, Joris Knoben and Otto Raspe

    8. Chapter 7

      A Relational Approach to the Geography of Innovation: A Typology of Regions (pages 131–157)

      Rosina Moreno and Ernest Miguélez

    9. Chapter 8

      An “Integrated” Framework for the Comparative Analysis of the Territorial Innovation Dynamics of Developed and Emerging Countries (pages 159–176)

      Riccardo Crescenzi and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

    10. Chapter 9

      Regional Innovation Systems within a Transitional Context: Evolutionary Comparison of the Electronics Industry in Shenzhen and Dongguan Since the Opening of China (pages 177–195)

      Wenying Fu, Javier Revilla Diez and Daniel Schiller

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      Index (pages 197–200)

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