Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition
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Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition

9781845425265 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US
Publication Date: 2009 ISBN: 978 1 84542 526 5 Extent: 416 pp
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation.

Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic activities and the distribution of incomes? The book illuminates a number of critical theoretical end empirical issues relating to the competitive and cooperative nature of regions, as well as highlighting a number of new case studies from a variety of countries.

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This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation.

Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic activities and the distribution of incomes? The book illuminates a number of critical theoretical end empirical issues relating to the competitive and cooperative nature of regions, as well as highlighting a number of new case studies from a variety of countries.

The book will be a useful enhancement to undergraduate and post-graduate courses in economics, economic geography, regional science, regional planning, business administration, and international and industrial management. It will also be an invaluable guidance tool for researchers, consultants and policy makers in international organizations such as the EU, the World Bank and the OECD.
Critical Acclaim
‘This edited book has assembled an impressive array of regional scientists, and it proposes a number of new issues (such as diversity or institutional cooperation) or fresh approaches to old ones (such as agglomeration and innovation) that now require further investigation.’
– Marco Percoco, Italian Journal of Regional Science

‘The rise of globalization has triggered a fundamental rethinking about the role of regions in economic development policy. In this important new book, Karlsson, Johansson and Stough assemble a cast of leading international scholars to unravel the new role for regions and local economic development policy to harness the possibilities unleashed by the forces of globalization. This book contains important new insights and ideas that will be welcomed by both scholars and policymakers.’
– David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany
Contributors
Contributors: M. Andersson, J. Bell, P.-O. Bjuggren, R. Capello, P. Cheshire, P. Cooke, D. Crossan, J.R. Cuadrado-Roura, G.C. Geerdink, U. Gråsjö, K.E. Haynes, P. Ibbotson, B. Johansson, C. Karlsson, J. Klaesson, K. Koschatzky, R. Kulkarni, R. Moreno, R. Ortega-Argilés, J.H.P. Paelinck, T. Paulsson, F. Scharf, H. Shibusawa, E. Stam, P.J. Stauvermann, R.R. Stough, J. Suriňach Caralt, D. Wiberg
Contents
Contents:

Preface

Introduction: The Rise of Regions: Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition
Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson and Roger R. Stough

PART I: INNOVATION, AGGLOMERATION AND LOCATION
1. Regional Interaction and Economic Diversity: Exploring the Role of Geographically Overlapping Markets for a Municipality’s Diversity in Retail and Durables
Martin Andersson and Johan Klaesson

2. Regions in Competition and Cooperation: Opportunities for Cross-Border Collaboration in Support of Irish Micro-Enterprises
Jim Bell, Denise Crossan, Patrick Ibbotson and Fred Scharf

3. Ownership, Succession and Entrepreneurship in an Ageing Society: Is There a Transition Problem?
Per-Olof Bjuggren and Daniel Wiberg

4. Telecommunications and Regional Disparities in an Era of Globalization: From Conceptual Issues to Measurable Policy Impacts
Roberta Capello

5. Spatial Policies, Planning and Urban Competitiveness: The Particular Case of London
Paul Cheshire

6. Regional R&D Outsourcing in Bioscientific Industries
Philip Cooke

7. Towards New European Peripheries?
Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

8. Elements of a Knowledge Network Learning Model
Kingsley E. Haynes and Hiroyuki Shibusawa

PART II: REGIONAL COMPETITION
9. Is Competition Between Regions Welfare-Increasing?
Gerhard C. Geerdink and Peter J. Stauvermann

10. Accessibility to R&D and Patent Production
Urban Gråsjö

11. Location of New Industries: The ICT Sector 1990–2000
Börje Johansson and Thomas Paulsson

12. Agency Control Mechanisms and Innovative Effort
Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Rosina Moreno and Jordi Suriňach Caralt

13. Science-based Regional Development in a Small Region: Scope of Collective Action for Regional Governments
Knut Koschatzky

14. Agglomeration Economies and Firm Growth: Testing for Spatial Externalities in the Dutch ICT Industry
Frank G. van Oort and Erik Stam

15. Competition and Cooperation in Economic Development Among Local Jurisdictions in a Large Urban Area
Roger R. Stough, Rajendra Kulkarni and Jean H.P. Paelinck

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