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...

Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in dynamically open territorial communities and context-specific though continuously upgrading policy platforms are all means to face new challenges and to promote increased absorptive...

Contents: 1. Introduction. A context-specific two-way approach to the study of innovation systems in developing and transition countries / Jana Schmutzler, Marcela Suarez, Alexandra Tsvetkova and Alessandra Faggian -- Part I. The role of public policies in developing and transforming national...