| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 349 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Concepts and measurements in innovation. Introduction / Karen R. Polenske -- Measurement of the clustering and dispersion of innovation / Anne P. Carter -- Measuring the geography of innovation : a literature review / Apiwat Ratanawaraha and Karen R. Polenske -- Employment growth and clusters dynamics of creative industries in Great Britain / Bernard Fingleton, Danilo C. Igliori, Barry Moore, and Raakhi Odedra -- pt. II. Institutional and spatial aspects of information and knowledge flows. Tacit knowledge in production systems : how important is geography? / Meric S. Gertler -- Self-aware firm : information needs, acquisition strategies, and utilization prospects / Amy Glasmeier -- Theorizing the gendered institutional bases of innovative regional economies / Mia Gray and Al James -- Multinationals and transnational social space for learning : knowledge creation and transfer through global R & D networks / Alice Lam -- Brain circulation and regional innovation : the Silicon Valley-Hsinchu-Shanghai triangle / Annalee Saxenian -- pt. III. Institutions and innovation systems. National systems of production, innovation, and competence building / Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Björn Johnson, Esben S. Andersen, and Bent Dalum -- Perspectives on entrepreneurship and cluster formation : biotechnology in the US Capitol region / Maryann P. Feldman -- Facilitating enterprising places : the role of intermediaries in the United States and United Kingdom / Christie Baxter and Peter Tyler -- Innovation, integration, and technology upgrading in contemporary Chinese industry / Edward S. Steinfeld -- Society, community, and development : a tale of two regions / Michael Storper, Lena Lavinas, and Alejandro Mercado-Célis. |
| Summary |
Global perspective on how institutional factors facilitate or hamper the flows of information and knowledge. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technological innovations.
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Technological innovations. |
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Economic geography.
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Economic geography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Polenske, Karen R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Economic geography of innovation. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 052186528X (DLC) 2007297832 (OCoLC)71347566 |
| ISBN |
9780511493386 (electronic book) |
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051149338X (electronic book) |
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0511277997 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511277993 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511277405 (eBook (ebrary) |
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0511277407 |
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9780511277405 |
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0511278578 (electronic book) |
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9780511278570 (electronic book) |
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9780511279171 (electronic book) |
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0511279175 (electronic book) |
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128085040X |
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9781280850400 |
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9780521865289 (hardback) |
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052186528X (hardback) |
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9780521689533 (paperback) |
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0521689538 (paperback) |
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