Roger Stough, Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson

This book explores the uneven patterns of economic development within the EU, discusses the relative effect of investments on innovation and productivity growth and looks at the mechanisms involved in development and policy.

1. Introduction, Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough, 2. Three Stories about National Systems of Innovation Alina Lidén 3. Innovation, Productivity and Export: Evidence from Italy Roberto Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli 4. Profiting from the Breakthrough: Technology Commercialisation in the Global Age Samantha Sharpe 5. Innovation and Regional Disparities - a Survey of Regional Growth Drivers and Economic Performance Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sørensen 6. Knowledge Integration and Network Structure: Modelling Innovation Activity Piergiuseppe Morone and Richard Taylor 7. Proximity, Innovation and Success within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Project Nicola Bellantuono, Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo & Barbara Scozzi 8. Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Medium Technology clusters Riccardo Cappelin 9. Invention, Innovation and Regional Growth in Swedish Regions Olof Ejermo and Urban Gråsjö 10. Intengible Assets and MNEs' Locational Strategies for Innovation - or, why the Regional Matters: Empirical Insights from Germany and the UK Jan-Philipp Kramer, Javier Revilla Diez, Elisabetta Marinelli and Simona Iammarino 11. High-Technology and Regionis in a Era of Open Innovation Darrene Hackler 12. Regional Innovation, Growth and Convergence - Divergence Patterns in the EU George Petrakos and George Anastasiou 13. A Social Capital Approach to Regional Transformation Marina Jogmark 14. A Multi-Dimensional Perspective on the Role of Social Capital in Innovation Soogwan Doh 15. The Potential of Place: Using Location to Attract Global Talent Kathrine Richardson, Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick