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Book SynopsisThis volume extends our understanding of the many different ways in which distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. While addressing different facets of knowledge, innovation and space, the authors provide an overview of relevant topics in contemporary research concerned with the global, national, regional and local dynamics of knowledge and innovation.
Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process, which can then transform it into an economically useful output such as a prototype, patent, licence or new firm. New knowledge is often tacit and thus tends to be highly localized, as indeed is the conversion process. Consequently, as the book demonstrates, space or distance matter significantly in the transformation of raw knowledge into beneficial knowledge.
This innovative book will appeal to academics, students and researchers in the fields of regional science, economics, sociology and innovation. It will also be of interest to policymakers and consultants in international organizations, in particular those dealing with entrepreneurship, development, R&D policies and regional policies on different spatial scales.
Contributors include: M. Andersson, T. Arvemo, M. Backman, L. Bjerke, A.P. Cornett, O. Ejermo, U. Gråsjö, T. Hatori, H. Jeong, B. Johansson, S. Johansson, C. Karlsson, K. Kobayashi, H. Lawton-Smith, S. Ochi, M. Okumura, O. Raspe, R.R. Stough, M. Tsukai, T. Ueda, F Van Oort, R. Waters, M. Yokomatsu
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge, Innovation and Space: Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Roger R. Stough PART I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSES 2. Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Innovative Urban Environments Otto Raspe and Frank Van Orte 3. Accessibility to R&D: A Reexamination of the Consequences for Invention and Innovation Olof Ejermo and Urban Gråsjö 4. Imports and Regional Development Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson 5. The Influence of Knowledge on Firms’ Export Decisions Sara Johansson 6. Knowledge and Skill for Infrastructure Technology and Economic Growth Seiki Ochi, Takayuki Ueda and Muneta Yokomatsu 7. Business Service Location with Spatially Stochastic Demands: Agglomeration Economies Generated by the Intersection of Costs and Localized Uncertain Demand - An Optimal Stock Location Model Approach Makoto Okumura and Makoto Tsukai 8. Regional Learning and Trust Formation Tsuyoshi Hatori, Hayeong Jeong and Kiyoshi Kobayashi 9. Cluster Development Policy as a Tool in Regional Development and Competitiveness Policy – Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Evidence Andreas P. Cornett PART II UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION CASE ANALYSES 10. Returns to Higher Education: A Regional Perspective Mikaela Backman and Lina Bjerke 11. Universities, Science and Engineering Labour Markets in High Technology Local Economies: The Cases of Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire Rupert Waters and Helen Lawton-Smith 12. University Colleges’ Effect on Economic Growth in Swedish Middle-Sized Municipalities Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö Index
