Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge Spillovers [electronic resource] : Selected Essays /
Fischer, Manfred M.author.
This collection brings together Manfred M. Fischer`s work in the areas of innovation and technological change, innovation and network activities, knowledge creation and spillovers. The volume is in three parts. The first part demonstrates that the processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, both regionally within countries and internationally between countries. The second part broadens, both conceptually and empirically, our understanding of the innovation process and the process of network formation, by examining the increasing importance of knowledge creation and diffusion in the new economy and how this is changing the nature of firms in crucial ways. Particular focus is laid on identifying the growing pressures for firms to develop more inter- and intrafirm networks and on providing lucid illustrations of these different kinds of networks. The third part discusses key issues related to the systems of innovation approach as a conceptual framework for regional innovation analysis and directs attention to enlightening conceptual and empirical work on the issue how knowledge spills over locally. This collection will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in regional science, economic geography and regional economics, economics of technological change and innovation, industrial organisation, innovation studies and economic development. Manfred M. Fischer is Professor in Economic Geography and GIScience at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. .
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Technological change and the nature of the firm -- Innovation and Technological Change -- Innovation and Technological Change: An Austrian-British Comparison -- Technology, Organisation and Export-driven Research and Development in Austria’s Electronics Industry -- Information Processing, Technological Progress, and Retail Market Dynamics -- Innovation and Network Activities -- The New Economy and Networking -- The Innovation Process and Network Activities of Manufacturing Firms -- Knowledge Interactions between Universities and Industry in Austria: Sectoral Patterns and Determinants -- Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Spillovers -- Innovation, Knowledge Creation and Systems of Innovation -- The Role of Space in the Creation of Knowledge in Austria: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis -- Spatial Knowledge Spillovers and University Research: Evidence from Austria -- Patents, Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers in Europe.
This collection brings together Manfred M. Fischer`s work in the areas of innovation and technological change, innovation and network activities, knowledge creation and spillovers. The volume is in three parts. The first part demonstrates that the processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, both regionally within countries and internationally between countries. The second part broadens, both conceptually and empirically, our understanding of the innovation process and the process of network formation, by examining the increasing importance of knowledge creation and diffusion in the new economy and how this is changing the nature of firms in crucial ways. Particular focus is laid on identifying the growing pressures for firms to develop more inter- and intrafirm networks and on providing lucid illustrations of these different kinds of networks. The third part discusses key issues related to the systems of innovation approach as a conceptual framework for regional innovation analysis and directs attention to enlightening conceptual and empirical work on the issue how knowledge spills over locally. This collection will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in regional science, economic geography and regional economics, economics of technological change and innovation, industrial organisation, innovation studies and economic development. Manfred M. Fischer is Professor in Economic Geography and GIScience at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. .
Leadership.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Economic geography.
Economic policy.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Economic Geography.
R & D/Technology Policy.