'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for decision-making practitioners that links theory with case-based learning opportunities.'--Michael Radnor, Chairman and co-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium...

In recent years, a growing number of researchers have been attempting to gain a better understanding of the variation in the rate of spatial innovation of different industrial plants. Several of these studies have investigated the similarity and dissimilarity of spatial innovation between...

Various studies have provided evidence of the advantages of the ability of metropolitan areas to attract hi-tech industries, which employ advanced technology and are strongly involved in the process of innovation. This paper presents the results of an empirical study of the location choice of...

The spatial aspects of high-rise buildings in the Tel-Aviv metropolitan region are examined, using empirical data gathered through a field survey. A multinomial logit model is employed to test hypotheses concerning the cyclic model of metropolitan region development. The results support...

F<sc>renkel</sc> A. Intra-metropolitan competition for attracting high-technology firms, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Since metropolitan regions function as a preferable location for high-technology firms, the competition between different sites for attracting such firms centres mainly on the quality of the nearby...

Increasingly, researchers and policymakers alike recognize that innovations are generated by complex and dynamic national ecosystems that include government, industry, universities and schools. Because these systems differ by country and are strongly influenced by culture, effective policy and...