-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding … entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert … are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for …

This paper analyzes the role of regional characteristics on innovation persistency among firms. Using five waves of the … Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 …

knowledge around the globe. This book contributes to the meso- and micro-economic literature on innovation and entrepreneurship … in the global economy. Extending our understanding of the many different ways that innovation and entrepreneurship … entrepreneurs. They demonstrate that location matters for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and clarify that public …

process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant … topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, national, regional and local dynamics of knowledge and innovation …. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process, which can then transform it into an economically useful output such …