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Book SynopsisThis book provides a basic yet rigorous understanding of the current issues and problems of economic integration and innovation in Europe, and argues that national or regional economic development depends mainly on technical change, social and human capital, and knowledge creation and diffusion.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INNOVATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY 1. The Innovation Ecosystem Elias G. Carayannis 2. Patterns of Innovation and the Determinants of the Diffusion Process in Selected EU Member States George M. Korres 3. Building the Innovation Union: Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis Alice O. Nakamura, Leonard I. Nakamura and Masao Nakamura PART II: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION 4. The European National and Regional Systems of Innovation George M. Korres 5. European Innovation Policies from RIS to Smart Specialization: A Policy Assemblage Perspective Arnoud Lagendijk and Krisztina Varró PART III: THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION AND PROSPECTS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTEGRATION 6. Innovation Diplomacy as Driver of Democracy, Innovation and Development: The Case of Greece Elias G. Carayannis 7. Spatial Knowledge Spillovers within and between European Regions: A Meta-Analysis Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Peter Warda 8. Innovation, Efficiency and Economic Integration Aikaterini Kokkinou Index
