book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is … a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation … and competition enhancement, governance to combat global climate change, innovation in urban policy and collaboration …

locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how … knowledge in corporate innovation processes, and addresses the challenges of embeddedness. -- The expert contributors draw on … between innovation in companies and regional studies. Significantly, the book also establishes a link between two important …

This book aims to disentangle the complex relationship between innovation and its potential determinants, paying … drivers of innovation such as competition and the innovator’s closeness to the technology frontier …

strongly appeal to policy-makers in science, technology and innovation policy. It will also benefit students and academics … interested in innovation, science, technology and innovation policy, the economics of innovation, as well as the history and …