Boosting Innovation The Cluster Approach

Boosting Innovation The Cluster Approach
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 418
Release: 1999-12-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9264174397

This book shows how technology policy makers in OECD countries are making practical use of the concept of clusters and suggests how government policies to foster innovation might best be refocused.

Innovative Clusters Drivers of National Innovation Systems

Innovative Clusters Drivers of National Innovation Systems
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2001-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264193383

Policies to stimulate innovation at national and local levels must both build on and contribute to the dynamics of innovative clusters. This book presents a series of papers written by policy makers and academic experts in the field, that demonstrate why and how this can be done.

Cluster Development and Policy

Cluster Development and Policy
Author: Philip Raines
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 135176649X

This title was first published in 2002. Examining cluster development policy in Europe and outlining its distinctive features, this innovative text places it within the national context of regional policy-making. It also identifies the features supporting the successful development of industrial clusters and provides a clear overview of cluster theory and policy practice followed by seven key case studies on the history and operation of different cluster policies in Europe. While there has been a number of books on the theory of cluster development little research has been published on policy. By filling this gap, this book will be of interest to a policy-making audience as well as students and researchers of regional economic development throughout Europe.

Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition

Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition
Author: Johannes Bröcker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2012-11-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540247602

The world's leading experts contribute to our understanding of regional innovation, cluster formation and the factors that influence regional productivity and innovative performance. The text improves our understanding of the reasons why, how and where innovation clusters emerge, as well as the factors that determine their respective success or failure. In doing so, it provides a timely and comprehensive picture on innovation, location, networks and clusters as important means in an environment of intensifying interregional competition. The book is written for professional researchers as well as for students and practitioners in politics, business and consultancy.

Managing National Innovation Systems

Managing National Innovation Systems
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1999-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9264189416

This study defines the aims and tools of a new innovation policy and identifies examples of good policy practice recently implemented in OECD countries.

Innovation System Frontiers

Innovation System Frontiers
Author: Brian Wixted
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2009-06-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540927867

Recent economic transformations in the world economy are progressing in two divergent directions – international production fragmentation and industrial agglomeration. Based on extensive data analysis and using models of interdependencies between key economies, this book analyses innovation systems that cross national borders. It is shown that technological complexity is an important factor in the formation of highly specific production networks, and why, for a number of production systems, fragmentation and clustering are two sides of the same coin. By outlining the picture of a world economy structured around networks of clusters and joined together through systems of linkages of components, people and knowledge flows, the author helps to promote a better understanding of recent economic transformations.

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia
Author: Bae-Gyoon Park
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1444346636

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes in East Asia, one of the most important topics in social science research over the past two decades Considers the Asian perspective by focusing on readings from Asian experts Pays special attention to the ‘spatial' dimension of the East Asian neoliberalization Examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations Explores the evolving relationship between the two political economies

Knowledge Spillovers in Regional Innovation Systems

Knowledge Spillovers in Regional Innovation Systems
Author: Jan Stejskal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319670298

This book provides an assessment of the evolution and dynamics of regional innovation systems (RISs) and the economic and social impact of resulting knowledge spillovers, presenting comparative case studies on the regions of several Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania and Estonia). It analyses RISs on the basis of several dimensions, such as absorption capacity and intellectual capital, and using several methods such as data envelopment analysis, patent network analysis, and weighted sum approach. Further, by looking at the economic and social impact of knowledge spillovers in RISs and networking, it identifies key distinguishing factors, including foreign direct investments, still prevalent centralized decision-making, EU-driven innovation policies and public financing of innovations. Sectoral case studies, e.g. from the automobile, chemical and other hi-tech manufacturing industries, are presented to help readers understand the different types of knowledge spillovers in CEE countries and the evolution and dynamics of RISs, and provide a multifaceted overview of the CEE regions.

Clusters and Globalisation

Clusters and Globalisation
Author: Christos Pitelis
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1847200133

Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they require for success and what impacts they are likely to have in different contexts, locally, nationally and globally. Clusters and Globalisation brings together scholars with different perspectives and theoretical groundings, and from different disciplines, to consider conceptual arguments and case study material. In doing so the volume identifies key characteristics and requirements of the forms of cluster that are especially significant for the attainment of economic success in a globalising world. This unique critical analysis of clusters in the framework of globalisation will strongly appeal to students and academics with an interest in economic development, public policy and globalisation. The book will also be of great interest to researchers in policy agencies concerned with local economic development and the design of cluster policies.