Title: Regional innovation systems : the role of governance in a globalized world /
Authors: Cooke, Philip; Heidenreich, Martin; Braczyk, Hans-Joachim, 1942-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Regional planning; Technological innovations Economic aspects; Regional economics
Abstract: Since the first edition was published in 1998, there has been a worldwide innovation-led boom & subsequent slump. This new edition registers this change & offers an interesting test of the robustness of the original arguments.
Contents: Informal and market-driven co-ordination : grassroots between local and global reach -- Network-like governances : driving forces, modes of cohesion, and means of regional polity -- The leviathan approach : steering innovation and growth in interregional contexts by the state.