Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2006
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-10
3540359818
ISBN-13
9783540359814
Description
This volume covers the topic of innovation in three sections, first demonstrating that processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, second examining the increasing importance of knowledge creation and diffusion, and third raising key issues related to the systems of innovation approach as a conceptual framwork for regional innovation analysis. Includes enlightening conceptual and empirical work on the issue of how knowledge spills over locally.