In the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Member States and the European Commission recognised that increasing innovation is a key to respond to the challenge offered by globalisation and more specifically by the crisis. According to the Strategy, "The crisis has wiped out years of economic and social...

pt. 1. Regional innovation systems, agglomeration economies and knowledge spillovers : theoretical approaches -- pt. 2. Regional innovation systems, agglomeration economies and knowledge spillovers : empirical studies -- pt. 3. Regional economic growth and knowledge.