Geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship

Developed countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals. This book focuses on two specific but interrelated aspects of innovation by incumbent firms and entrepreneurs, the role of geography and of open innovat...

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Other Authors: Gråsjö, Urban (Editor), Karlsson, Charlie (Editor), Bernhard, Iréne (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Pub., Inc. 2018, 2018
Series:New horizons in regional science
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 7. The proximity bias of communication recorded on Twitter in Switzerland / Katia Delbiaggio, Christoph J. Hauser and Michael Kaufmann
  • 8. Re-conceptualising entrepreneurial ecosystems: a theoretical exploration of evolution over space and time / Andrew Johnston, Paul Lassalle and Sakura Yamamura
  • 9. Stimulation of entrepreneurship and innovation as an instrument in regional business development policy / Andreas P. Cornett
  • 10. Startups, financing and geography- findings from a survey / Per-Olof Bjuggren and Michel Elmoznino Laufer
  • 11. A resource-based view of cross-border clusters conceptualizing locational resources / Stephan Rohde
  • 12. Regional path dependence and path creation: a conceptual way forward / Sabrina Fredin
  • 13. Location, localisation, agglomeration: an examination of the geographical dimension of FDI spillovers / Jacob A. Jordaan and Vassilis Monastiriotis
  • 14. Indicators of economic development - an exploratory study using Swedish municipal data contrasting economic development and growth / Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö
  • Index
  • Contents: 1. Introduction: geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship / Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard
  • 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives / Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo Righi
  • 3. Does collaboration with public and private sector actors in public procurement of innovations improve SME competitiveness? / Helen Reijonen, Jani Saastamoinen and Timo Tammi
  • 4. Delivering innovation in public infrastructure through public private partnerships / Nunzia Carbonara and Roberta Pellegrino
  • 5. The influence of the NIH and NSH syndromes for the adoption of open innovation in the Canadian aerospace sector / Fabiano Armellini, Catherine Beaudry and Maria Mahon
  • 6. Are the most innovative canadian nanotechnology-related firms also the most open? / Mikaël Héroux-Vaillancourt and Catherine Beaudry