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Clusters, Functional Regions and Cluster Policies
Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
first in the early 1990s that Krugman brought the subject into the stage light. The scientific interests of cluster and … at various education levels. The importance of cluster and clustering has also been recognized at a national, regional … and local level and cluster policies are becoming a major part of political thinking. These policies are however often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644967
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Regional Innovation Systems in Small & Medium-Sized Regions A Critical Review & Assessment
Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2004
Continuous product and process innovations are prerequisites for sustainable competitiveness of both nations and regions. How such innovations are created and how successful innovation processes can be initiated are therefore extremely important questions. In recent years, it has been recognized...
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Regional Economic Development, Social Capital and Governance: A Buchanian Approach
Karlsson, Charlie; Rouchy, Philippe - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015
The purpose of this paper is to consider some of the challenges lying ahead of policy makers in the context of regional development. Regional economic development encompasses the economics and other resources that a region can mobilize for its own sustainable development and competitiveness. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115520
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My Urban Idol 2050 – The City of Gothenburg
Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
I have been asked to write a paper over “my urban idol 2050” to be the foundation for a presentation at a session at the ERSA congress in Bratislava in August 2012. No special instructions were given, so I have chosen to write a kind of scenario for the possible future development in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818724
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Accessibility: a useful analytical and empirical tool in spatial economics – experiences from Sweden
Karlsson, Charlie; Gråsjö, Urban - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
Accessibility has for many years been a widely used tool in transportation research. Many definitions have been suggested and researchers have constructed numerous mathematical formulations to measure its value to be able to evaluate the relationships between the nature of the transport systems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739975
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Urban Regions in Europe – Preconditions and Strategies for Growth and Development in the Global Economy
Gråsjö, Urban; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
Nowadays it is well-established fact that urban regions and large ones in particular are crucial for promoting creativity, innovation and subsequent economic growth in the economy. There-fore, it is important to focus policies in Europe on how to improve the existing conditions of urban regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742113
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Media Clusters and Media Cluster Policies
Karlsson, Charlie; Picard, Robert - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011
cluster policies. One might draw the conclusion that with the developments of the ICT sector and the fact that there are no … tendencies of media firms to cluster in large cities should still be expected and why media clusters differ from other clusters … economic growth and employment creation. Approaches to cluster governance and motivations for cluster policies are highlighted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873311
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REGIONAL POLICY AS CHANGE MANAGEMENT - a theoretical discussion with empirical illustrations
Andersson, Martin; Johansson, Börje - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011
The paper focuses on challenges and potentials for policy in the presence of fundamental change processes that influence the long-term evolution of regions. The perspective in the paper implies that policy can be viewed as ‘management of change’. We present a conceptual model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003101
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Entrepreneurship, Social Capital, Governance and Regional Economic Development
Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
In this paper, we discuss three factors of critical importance for regional economic develop-ment, namely entrepreneurship, social capital and governance. We conclude firstly that the relationships between regional entrepreneurship, regional social capital, regional governance and regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742116
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Why did the Breed Reactor Fail? - Swedish and international nuclear development in a cold war context
Fjaestad, Maja - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
This article discusses the visions about nuclear breeder reactors, plans set out in the aftermath of World War II. This seemed like the ideal solution for future energy, and even small countries, as Sweden, launched breeder reactor programs. The breeder reactor never reached industrial...
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