Contents: 1. Introduction: setting the stage; identifying the major drivers of globalization / Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett and Tina Wallin -- Part I: General aspects of globalization -- 2. Does culture matter? The role of board efficacy, growth and competitiveness in Western and Asian...

Contents: 1. Introduction: geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship / Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard -- 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives / Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo...

Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- Part I: Geography of structural change, employment and productivity -- 2. Exploring regional differences in the regional capacity to absorb displacements / Kristina Nyström and Ingrid Viklund Ros --...

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...

Introduction / Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough -- Three stories about national systems of innovation / Alina Lidén -- Innovation, productivity and export : evidence from Italy / Roberto Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli -- Profiting from the breakthrough : technology...