Charlie Karlsson • Ake E. Andersson • Paul C. Cheshire • Roger R. Stough Editors New Directions in Regional Economic Development Qj Springer Contents 1 Innovation, Dynamic Regions and Regional Dynamics 1 Charlie Karlsson, Ake E. Andersson, Paul...

With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...

The emphasis of this book lies on emerging hypotheses, new methods and theoretic developments in the field of regional economic development. A further amplification is provided with a diverse set of cases extending this new way of thinking at the theory and methods level into policy and...

Ake E.Andersson has always been intellectually on the move. He has selected his own track through the academic system and has formed a school of thought which has brought him international recognition. The cornerstones of his scie¤ntific interest are welfare analysis, regional economic dynamics...