Innovation, Global Change and Territorial Resilience

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
PART I Concepts and Measurement: Innovation, Institutions and Change......Page 35
1. The new Argonauts, global search and local institution building......Page 37
2. Resilience, innovative ‘white spaces’ and cluster platforms as a response to globalisation shocks......Page 55
3. The Innovation Index: measuring the UK’s investment in innovation and its effects......Page 83
4. Territorial benchmarking methodology: the need to identify reference regions......Page 111
PART II Territories: Innovative and Evolving......Page 147
5. Innovative regions: strategic spaces for development......Page 149
6. New policy approaches to develop innovative territories: developing trust and behavioral additionality in Gipuzkoa......Page 162
7. New focus of economic reactivation in Spain: creative industries in the Basque Country......Page 178
8. Assessing country competitiveness: the case of Spain......Page 197
PART II IInnovation and Value Chains......Page 225
9. Outward FDI from developing country MNEs as a channel for technological catch-up......Page 227
10. Heterogeneous social capitals: a new window of opportunity for local economies......Page 242
11. China: beyond the global production line......Page 258
12. Are clusters the solution?......Page 286
PART IV Territorial Policies: Emerging from the Crisis......Page 305
13. Conceptualisations, relationships and trends between innovation, competitiveness and development: industrial policy beyond the crisis......Page 307
14. Regional policy: what (it seems) we have learned from some European experiences......Page 325
15. Cities in times of economic crisis: a challenge for local governments......Page 347
16. What public policies can and cannot do for regional development......Page 376
17. A participatory methodology for evaluating the cluster policy of the Basque Country......Page 394
18. For a resilient, sustainable and creative European economy, in what ways is the EU important?......Page 415
Bibliography......Page 441
Index......Page 493