The New Geography of Innovation [electronic resource] : Clusters, Competitiveness and Theory /
Tinguely, Xavier.author.
Innovation is the main engine of competitiveness. However, in a world in which everything goes faster, the inherent nature of the innovation process has changed. This book assesses both the theoretically and empirically intertwined relationship between innovation, clusters and multinational enterprises in today's economy.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Part I The Economics of Innovation; Introduction to Part I; 1 Preamble to the Study of Innovation; 1.1 Main concepts and defi nitions; 1.2 Innovation and implementation; 1.3 Concluding remarks; 2 Innovation and Economic Performance; 2.1 Innovation through the history of economic thought; 2.2 Innovation and economic growth; 2.2.1 Toward a formalized model assessing the impact of innovation on growth: the exogenous perspective
2.2.2 Toward a formalized model assessing the impact of innovation on growth: the endogenous perspective2.3 Competitiveness as a unifying concept in the evaluation of the economic impact of innovation; 2.3.1 Innovation and economic development (catching-up); 2.3.2 Innovation and employment; 2.3.3 Innovation and competitiveness; 2.4 Concluding remarks; 3 The Measurement of Innovation; 3.1 Input measures of innovation; 3.2 Output measures of innovation; 3.2.1 Patent data as an intermediate measure of the innovation process; 3.2.2 Innovation counts as a fi nal measure of the innovation process
3.3 Concluding remarksConclusion to Part I; Part II The Nature of the Innovation Process and the New Geography of Innovation; Introduction to Part II; 4 The Cognitive Nature of the Innovation Process; 4.1 Entering the black box: innovation in the process; 4.2 Analyzing the innovation process: from the linear perspective to the "chain-linked" type  of model; 4.3 Toward a more accurate representation of the innovation process: the "chain-linked" type  of model; 4.4 Concluding remarks; 5 The Clustering of Innovative Activity
5.1 The role of location on innovation and competitiveness: the emergence of the cluster  perspective5.2 The crucial role of location and external sources of knowledge in the innovation process:  the concept of systems of in ovation; 5.3 Empirical evidences of the concentration of innovation: a review of the literature 104; 5.4 Concluding remarks; 6 The Geography of Innovation in a Globalized Economy; 6.1 Multinational enterprises and globalization: a theoretical explanation of multinational  enterprises activity; 6.2 The globalization of the innovation process
6.3 The role of clusters in the global innovation strategy of multinational enterprises6.4 Concluding remarks; Conclusion to Part II; Part III The Distribution of Inventive Activity - Evidence from Patent Data in Switzerland  and Focus on the Basel Pharmaceutical Cluster; Introduction to Part III; 7 Geographical Distribution of Inventive Activities and Inventive Performance in Switzerland; 7.1 Presentation of the database; 7.2 The geographical patterns of inventive activities in Switzerland
7.2.1 Analysis of the evolution of the number of patent applications at the EPO by applicants  and inventors located in Switzerland
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Innovation is the main engine of competitiveness. However, in a world in which everything goes faster, the inherent nature of the innovation process has changed. This book assesses both the theoretically and empirically intertwined relationship between innovation, clusters and multinational enterprises in today's economy.
Globalization.
Markets.
Geography.
International business enterprises.
Leadership.
Physical geography.
International economics.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
Geography, general.
International Business.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).
International Economics.