Neue und kleine Technologieunternehmen forcieren den Wettbewerb, sichern die Produktvielfalt, schließen Marktlücken und schaffen Arbeitsplätze. Der schwierige Zugang zu Kapital, hohe FuE-Kosten und Managementdefizite hemmen ihre Entwicklung. Der Band analysiert aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln...

Das Buch zeigt, wie sich die Biotechnologie auf regionaler Ebene entwickelt, mit welchen Problemfeldern Unternehmen und Forschungseinrichtungen konfrontiert sind, wie die Akteure aus Forschung, Wirtschaft und Politik sowie dem Umfeld der Biotechnologie zusammenwirken und welche Perspektiven sich...

Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do...

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...

Today, economic growth is widely understood to be conditioned by productivity increases which are, in turn, profoundly affected by innovation. This volume explores these key relationships between innovation and growth, bringing together experts from both fields to compile a unique Handbook.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between...