Interactive Learning for Innovation [electronic resource] : A Key Driver within Clusters and Innovation Systems /
Asheim, B.editor.
Parrilli, M.editor.
This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies. Successful experiences in Scandanavia and southern European countries are examined, with insightful policy lessons extracted from each case.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Foreword; List of Contributors; Introduction: Learning and Interaction - Drivers for Innovation in Current Competitive Markets; Part I Theoretical Insights from the Literature on STI and DUI Innovation, Learning Organizations and the 'Related Varieties' Approach; 1 Innovation and Competence Building in the Learning Economy: Implications for Innovation Policy; 2 Labor Market Institutions, Skills, and Innovation Style: A Critique of the 'Varieties of Capitalism' Perspective
3 Organization and Innovation: The Topic of Creative Cities4 Knowledge Economy Spillovers, Proximity, and Specialization; Part II Clusters, Firms and Innovation Systems; 5 Combined and Complex Mode of Innovation in Regional Cluster Development: Analysis of the Light-Weight Material Cluster in Raufoss, Norway; 6 Facilitating Cluster Evolution in Peripheral Regions: The Role of Clusterpreneurs; 7 Social Capital, Knowledge, and Competitiveness: The Cases of the Basque Paper and Electronics/ICT Clusters
8 Firm Heterogeneity and Trajectories of Learning: Applications and Relevant Policy Implications9 Innovation Capabilities and Learning: Virtuous and Vicious Circles; 10 Typologies of Innovation Based on Statistical Analysis for European and Spanish Regions; 11 Academia and Public Policy: Towards the Co-generation of Knowledge and Learning Processes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume highlights the importance of interactive, practice-based learning as a means to promote more thorough innovation dynamics in regional and national economies. Successful experiences in Scandanavia and southern European countries are examined, with insightful policy lessons extracted from each case.
Industrial organization.
International economics.
Development economics.
Macroeconomics.
Knowledge management.
Industrial Organization.
International Economics.
Development Economics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Knowledge Management.