TY - BOOK AU - Polenske,Karen R. TI - The economic geography of innovation SN - 9780511493386 AV - HC79.T4 E2526 2007eb U1 - 338.927 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Technological innovations KW - Economic geography KW - Innovations KW - Géographie économique KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Development KW - Sustainable Development KW - bisacsh KW - Environmental Economics KW - Innovations technologiques KW - eclas KW - fast KW - Innovation KW - gnd KW - Agglomeration KW - Wirtschaft KW - Regionalpolitik KW - Wirtschaftsgeografie KW - Economische geografie KW - gtt KW - Technische vernieuwing KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I; Concepts and measurements in innovation; Introduction; Karen R. Polenske --; Measurement of the clustering and dispersion of innovation; Anne P. Carter --; Measuring the geography of innovation : a literature review; Apiwat Ratanawaraha and Karen R. Polenske --; Employment growth and clusters dynamics of creative industries in Great Britain; Bernard Fingleton, Danilo C. Igliori, Barry Moore, and Raakhi Odedra --; pt. II; Institutional and spatial aspects of information and knowledge flows; Tacit knowledge in production systems : how important is geography?; Meric S. Gertler --; The self-aware firm : information needs, acquisition strategies, and utilization prospects; Amy Glasmeier --; Theorizing the gendered institutional bases of innovative regional economies; Mia Gray and Al James --; Multinationals and transnational social space for learning : knowledge creation and transfer through global R & D networks; Alice Lam --; Brain circulation and regional innovation : the Silicon Valley-Hsinchu-Shanghai triangle; Annalee Saxenian --; pt. III; Institutions and innovation systems; National systems of production, innovation, and competence building; Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Björn Johnson, Esben S. Andersen, and Bent Dalum --; Perspectives on entrepreneurship and cluster formation : biotechnology in the US Capitol region; Maryann P. Feldman --; Facilitating enterprising places : the role of intermediaries in the United States and United Kingdom; Christie Baxter and Peter Tyler --; Innovation, integration, and technology upgrading in contemporary Chinese industry; Edward S. Steinfeld --; Society, community, and development : a tale of two regions; Michael Storper, Lena Lavinas, and Alejandro Mercado-Célis N2 - Global perspective on how institutional factors facilitate or hamper the flows of information and knowledge UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=194269 ER -