Knowledge and Innovation in Regional Industry - 9780415320146

Taylor & Francis

This book develops a knowledge-based theory of innovation, marrying three streams of literature: innovation, inter-firm collaboration and networks and learning regions. > This superb new book develops a knowledge-based theory of innovation, marrying three streams of literature: innovation, inter-firm collaboration and networks, and learning regions. This book will interest all those working in economic geography and the economics of innovation. > Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter Provoking academic inquiry; Chapter 3 Knowledge, learning, and innovation; Chapter 4 Learning, networks, and space; Chapter 5 Framework for analysis; Chapter 6 Analysis of the KIC project; Chapter 7 Conclusion and reflection; > \nRoel Rutten is Assistant Professor at the Department of Policy and Organization Studies at Tilburg University, the Netherlands.