Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relevant factors that influence the implementation of innovation contests, an open innovation (OI) practice that has been extensively reported in the literature as a managerial tool for external knowledge search. The authors focus the study on...

Regional development is characterized by different types of knowledge from science, tradition, culture, industrial application, etc. Some of this knowledge is from the individual region, some is brought into the region and others need to be built up to provide a new knowledge base....

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New challenges and new patterns of collaboration -- pt. 3. Europe's new regionalization : the integration of regional activities through macro-regions -- pt. 4. Europe's re-regionalization across borders -- pt. 5. Conclusions

pt. 1. Introduction : exchange of knowledge and the building of networks -- pt. 2. Islands of innovation and networks of innovative regional labour markets -- pt. 3. How to connect with mobile innovative competences : the role of appropriate innovative labour markets -- pt. 4. Conclusions.