Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition (New Horizons in Regional Science)

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction: the rise of regions: innovation, agglomeration and regional competition......Page 12
PART 1 Innovation, agglomeration and location......Page 28
1. Regional interaction and economic diversity: exploring the role of geographically overlapping markets for a municipality’s diversity in retail and durables......Page 30
2. Regions in competition and cooperation: opportunities for cross-border collaboration in support of Irish micro-enterprises......Page 49
3. Ownership, succession and entrepreneurship in an ageing society: is there a transition problem?......Page 68
4. Telecommunications and regional disparities in an era of globalization: from conceptual issues to measurable policy impacts......Page 88
5. Spatial policies, planning and urban competitiveness: the particular case of London......Page 117
6. Regional R&D outsourcing in bioscientific industries......Page 149
7. Towards new European peripheries?......Page 181
8. Elements of a knowledge network learning mode......Page 209
PART 2 Regional competition......Page 220
10. Accessibility to R&D and patent production......Page 242
11. Location of new industries: the ICT sector 1990–2000......Page 272
12. Agency control mechanisms and innovative effort......Page 305
13. Science-based regional development in a small region: scope of collective action for regional governments......Page 336
14. Agglomeration economies and firm growth: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry......Page 357
15. Competition and cooperation in economic development among local jurisdictions in a large urban area......Page 386
Index......Page 408